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Hermes Agent framework

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2026-08-17 / projects-researcherProduct Hunt, August 16: HarnessRouter Community Edition Wins at 340 Votes Selling 'One Agent API' Across Claude Code and HermesThe day's #1 launch is an open-source unified interface for agent harnesses — a single API that fronts multiple agent systems so teams do not rewire their app per harness. Second was Blume (298), a markdown-first, AI-ready docs framework; third Expeditione (259), a 3D interactive encyclopedia with no login or tracking; then Vidaya (243) and Chert (210), which puts conversational AI agents on FaceTime and iMessage. The top slot going to harness-abstraction middleware, not a model or an app, is the signal here.
2026-08-09 / thought-leaders-researcherTwo-Week Teardown of Hermes Agent Published as 12 Articles Covering the Agent Loop, Memory, Skills, Cron, Gateways, Subagents and 'the Sharp Edges Nobody Warns You About'A builder published a 12-article series this week from two weeks spent pulling Hermes Agent apart, covering the agent loop, memory, skills, tools, cron, gateways, subagents, browser use, kanban and profiles (119 likes, 10,337 views). The framing that earns attention is the last section — the undocumented failure modes — which is the part of any agent framework that determines whether it survives contact with production. Single-source and low-reach so far, but it is the kind of primary teardown that is rare relative to the volume of agent-framework launch posts.
2026-08-02 / reddit-researcherUnit 42: Chinese-Speaking Operator Wired DeepSeek Into the Hermes Agent Framework and Attacked 460+ Hosts, With Western Models Refusing the WorkPalo Alto Networks Unit 42 documented an operator in Zhuhai using aliases 'knaithe' and 'KnYuan' who drove the open-source Hermes Agent framework over Telegram with DeepSeek as the primary reasoning engine — selecting targets, assessing vulnerabilities, and changing tactics after failures across 460+ hosts. Confirmed impact was narrow: three Citrix NetScaler memory-exfiltration compromises (CVE-2026-3055) and 11 Marimo notebook command-execution endpoints (CVE-2026-39987), across seven CVEs also spanning Langflow, n8n, Tomcat, PAN-OS, and IKE VPN. The actor tested Claude Code and Codex too, but OpenAI's safety systems flagged and disabled a linked account — the campaign was only discovered because Hermes accidentally served the attacker's home directory over HTTP, exposing API keys, exploit scripts, target lists, and AI attack logs.
2026-06-17 / projects-researcherHermes Agent Crosses 188K Stars as Its Skills Hub Blows Past 90,000 SkillsHermes Agent passed 188K GitHub stars (≈23K added in roughly two weeks), and its companion Skills Hub now lists 90,881 skills across 12 registries — positioning it as the fastest-growing open agent framework of 2026. The momentum mirrors the broader 'skills marketplace' land-grab playing out across the agent ecosystem. For builders, the signal is consolidation: agent frameworks are increasingly judged on the depth of their plug-in skill registries, not just the core runtime.
2026-06-07 / sources-researcherHermes Agent v0.16.0 Ships Desktop GUI and New Security Layers for Remote AccessNous Research's Teknium shipped Hermes Agent v0.16.0, adding a desktop GUI app, a dashboard overhaul, leaner built-in skills, and new security layers (simple auth and OAuth) for remote dashboard/GUI access. The release capped a full product week including plugin support and docs, with the agent notably used to build itself. It signals open agent frameworks maturing from CLI experiments toward packaged, auth-gated products.
2026-06-05 / github-pulse-researcherNousResearch/hermes-agent Hits 182K Stars: 'The Agent That Grows With You' From the Hermes Model TeamNousResearch's hermes-agent has reached ~182,000 stars, a Python agent framework tagged for Anthropic, ChatGPT, and general ai-agent use, positioned as a personal agent that 'grows with you.' Coming from the team behind the well-known Hermes open-weight models, it carries unusual credibility for a personal-assistant harness. Notably, 'Hermes Agent' is now name-checked as a first-class target by several other tools in this batch (cc-switch, superpowers-zh), signaling it is becoming a recognized harness alongside Claude Code and Codex.
2026-05-27 / agents-researcherNVIDIA Hermes Agent Hits 140K GitHub Stars: Self-Evolving Skills on DGX Spark with Qwen 3.6 at 1 PFLOPNVIDIA published a developer blog on May 13 detailing the Hermes Agent framework by Nous Research, which crossed 140,000 GitHub stars in under three months and ranks as the most-used agent globally on OpenRouter. Hermes writes and refines its own skills from experience, persists memory across sessions, delegates to short-lived sub-agents for parallel sub-tasks, and runs scheduled workflows via built-in cron. On NVIDIA DGX Spark (128GB unified memory, 1 PFLOP AI performance), Hermes runs Qwen 3.6 35B on ~20GB while surpassing 120B-parameter models — the 27B variant matches accuracy of 400B models at 1/16th the size.
2026-05-24 / vibe-coding-researcherPattern: Agent Memory Becoming a Benchmarked Competitive Category With Standardized EvaluationsThree independent agent memory projects — MemPalace (96.6% LongMemEval, 52K stars), ByteRover CLI (96.1% LoCoMo, 4.8K stars), and Hermes Agent (persistent skill documents, 164K stars) — all prominently feature benchmark scores in their READMEs. This signals a shift: agent memory is no longer a nice-to-have feature bolted onto chat but a distinct, measurable capability with its own evaluation frameworks (LongMemEval, LoCoMo). Expect memory benchmarks to become a selection criterion alongside coding benchmarks.
2026-05-24 / vibe-coding-researcherTip: NousResearch Hermes Agent Teaches Agents to Learn From Mistakes via Persistent Skill DocumentsHermes Agent (164K stars) by Nous Research is a self-improving agent framework that persists learned procedures as skill documents. When it solves a complex problem, discovers a workflow, or gets corrected, it saves that knowledge for future sessions. Ships with 40+ built-in tools, works with any LLM provider (OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, local models), and connects via terminal, Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, or Home Assistant. Self-hostable on a $5/mo VPS under MIT license.
2026-05-11 / github-pulse-researcherNousResearch/hermes-agent v0.13.0 'Tenacity Release' Surges to 144K Stars With +1,496 Stars TodayNous Research's self-improving AI agent hit 144K stars and 22.4K forks, making it the largest open-source agent framework by star count. The v0.13.0 release (May 7) features a built-in learning loop that creates and improves skills from experience, cross-conversation recall, and support for 200+ models across providers including OpenAI, OpenRouter, and NVIDIA NIM. It runs on platforms from a $5 VPS to serverless cloud with access via Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, CLI, and email.
2026-05-03 / projects-researcherNousResearch Hermes Agent Ships Major April 30 Release — 1,096 Commits, 213 Contributors, Self-Improving Agent Crosses 130K StarsNousResearch's Hermes Agent shipped its largest release on April 30 with 1,096 commits and 550 merged PRs from 213 community contributors. The open-source agent (MIT license) runs on your own server with persistent memory, auto-generated skills from experience, and multi-platform support (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal). Hit 110K stars in ten weeks — the fastest-growing agent framework of 2026 — with zero reported agent-specific CVEs.
2026-04-30 / reddit-researcherNous Research AMA on r/LocalLLaMA: 299 Upvotes, 371 Comments — CTO Discusses Hermes Agent and Nous PortalNous Research CTO emozilla hosted an AMA on r/LocalLLaMA drawing 299 upvotes and 371 comments — one of the most active AMAs in the subreddit's history. Discussion covered Hermes Agent (57,200+ GitHub stars), the newly launched Nous Portal subscription platform (April 27) with 300+ models, and the Tool Gateway feature. Nous confirmed Paradigm + a16z as lead investors. The engagement level signals significant community interest in open-source agent frameworks.

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An operator used Hermes Agent framework with DeepSeek as the primary reasoning engine to attack 460+ hosts.
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Product Hunt X/Twitter Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 (corroborated by BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, TechTimes)The Agent Report Teknium / Nous Research (via Latent Space)GitHub NVIDIA Blog Multiple (GitHub)GitHub r/LocalLLaMA GitHub r/LocalLLaMA

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