#1 by GitHub stars · General purpose
Hermes Agent
Nous Research
A self-hostable personal agent that can plan, use tools, remember context, and delegate work to subagents.
View on GitHub 250.6k stars checked 2026-10-02
- Access
- Open source
- Setup
- Technical
- Pricing
- Free software; model and hosting costs
- License
- MIT
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last repository push
- 2026-10-02
Strong general-purpose option
It combines a broad toolset with multiple model providers and several local or remote execution backends.
Who it fits
Technical users who want one extensible agent for research, coding, files, and scheduled work.
Who should skip it
People who want a zero-configuration consumer app with a bundled model plan.
What you need
- Installer or Python 3.11
- LLM provider
- Review tool permissions
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