hermes-agent★★★★★
🆓 free🔌 drop-in
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
repo health★ 108,994
avoid if
You're happy with Claude Code and don't want a second agent running on the side.
see it in action
open the module that demos hermes-agent