hermes-agent
Install command:
brew install hermes-agentSelf-improving AI agent that creates skills from experience
https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com
License: MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/hermes-agent.json
Formula code: hermes-agent.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 0.21.6 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| certifi | 2026.7.22 | Mozilla CA bundle for Python |
| cryptography | 50.0.2 | Cryptographic recipes and primitives for Python |
| libheif | 1.23.6 | ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder and encoder |
| node | 26.11.1 | Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment |
| pillow | 12.3.0 | Friendly PIL fork (Python Imaging Library) |
| pydantic | 2.13.5 | Data validation using Python type hints |
| python@3.14 | 3.14.8 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| ripgrep | 15.2.0 | Search tool like grep and The Silver Searcher |
| tirith | 0.4.2 | Detect terminal injection, homograph, and pipe-to-shell attacks |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.7 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| rust | 1.99.0 | Safe, concurrent, practical language |
Binaries:
hermes,
hermes-acp,
hermes-agent
| Voice and TTS audio format conversion optionally uses ffmpeg: brew install ffmpeg |
Known vulnerabilities in the current version:
| PYSEC-2024-38 (high) |
Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns hermes-agent for a live check.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 2,202 | 8,246 | 14,039 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 10 | 83 | 192 |
| Installs on Request | 2,202 | 8,243 | 14,036 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 8 | 81 | 190 |
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 7 |