hermes-agent (NousResearch)
Self-improving personal AI agent across Telegram, Discord, Slack, and terminal with persistent memory.
Why it matters
Self-improving agent with persistent user memory living across every chat surface.
What you could build with it
Study its self-improvement loop as a template for personal agents that get better across chat and terminal sessions.
Does it hold up?
Self-hosting and cross-device/messaging use are well demonstrated by real deployments; its strongest value is as a persistent server-resident personal agent, not just a coding CLI.
Built with hermes-agent
- hermes-agent on Synology NAS via Docker Composegithub · Community member deployed hermes-agent on a Synology NAS with Telegram + Discord gateways and a monitoring dashboard.
- Hermes Agent — full tutorial and setup guideyoutube · Builder walkthrough deploying Hermes on a VPS, wiring OpenRouter models, connecting Telegram, and scheduling cron jobs.
- openhome-dev/abilitiesgithub · Bridge making an OpenHome speaker a voice front end for a local Hermes installation.
- fixhardez/centralized-nas-container-managementgithub · Hermes deployed on a Synology NAS with Telegram/Discord integrations and monitoring.
- bitdoze/bitdoze.comgithub · Docker/VPS deployment guide and compose configuration for Hermes.
Learn more
First spotted on github: source.
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