hermes-agent★★★★★
A personal AI agent that lives in your terminal. Memory + 40 tools out the box.
why it matters
Hermes is a standalone agent — you install it and it runs in your terminal on its own, separate from Claude Code. It ships with memory that carries across sessions, plus 40+ tools already wired up (browser, files, scripts, SMS, Telegram).
If you want an agent that lives on its own instead of riding on top of Claude Code — or you want a free backup that keeps working if Anthropic pricing shifts — install this. Open-source, updated constantly.
install
npm install -g hermes-agentwhere to find it
no commits in 71 days. this doesn't mean it's broken — some small repos are "finished" — but if you hit an install issue, it may not get patched quickly.
You're happy with Claude Code and don't want a second agent running on the side.