Hermes Desktop is now available for Mac, Windows, and Linux
Hermes Desktop lets you use Hermes Agent from your computer. It has downloads for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It can help you connect chat apps, remember project details, schedule tasks, and search the web from one place.
Key points
- Mac needs macOS 12 or later, Windows supports Windows 10/11, and Linux installs through the terminal.
- It says Hermes can connect with Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, and CLI.
- You can schedule repeat work like reports, backups, and briefings using plain language.
- Sandboxing can help keep experiments separate from your main computer setup.
Quick term guide
- Hermes
- A service for letting an AI agent use web tools and complete tasks.
- Hermes Agent
- It appears to be a tool or community for building and managing AI agents.
- compute
- The server power and chips needed to run AI systems.
- Linux
- An operating system often used by developers.
- ports
- Numbers that apps use so they can talk on the same computer without clashing.
- terminal
- A text-based way to use a computer by typing commands.
- Sandboxing
- Running work in a separate space so it is less likely to affect other things.
- sandbox
- A separate space where code can run without affecting other work.