What is it?
What it is
**The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research.** It's the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions. Run it on a $5 VPS, a GPU cluster, or serverless infrastructure that costs nearly nothing when idle. It's not tied to your laptop — talk to it from Telegram while it works on a cloud VM.
Why it exists
The agent that grows with you
Who should use it
Teams building with Python who want an open-source, self-hosted option.
Who should avoid it
Teams that need a fully managed SaaS with enterprise SLAs out of the box.
How it works
A quick walkthrough in plain English
How hermes-agent works in 4 steps
Step 1 of 4
Something triggers the flow
A schedule, webhook, or manual click tells hermes-agent to start.
Features
Advantages
- Open source (MIT)
- Active Python ecosystem
- Self-hosted deployment options
Disadvantages
- Requires operational ownership for self-hosted setups
- Community support varies by project maturity
Installation
native
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
FAQ
What is hermes-agent?
hermes-agent is an open-source project licensed under MIT.
What language is hermes-agent built with?
Primary language: Python.
Is it free to use?
Yes. Licensed under MIT. Check the license for commercial use.
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