Hermes is an open agent runtime from Nous Research, exposing an OpenAI-compatible gateway API and a supervised web dashboard for building and running AI agents.
Requires Docker runtime or Docker Compose environment.
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Standard Docker Compose deployment
version: '3.8'
services:
hermes:
image: hermes:latest
restart: always
ports:
- "8080:8080"Hermes is a modern self-hosted, privacy-first ai solution. Hermes is an open agent runtime from Nous Research, exposing an OpenAI-compatible gateway API and a supervised web dashboard for building and running AI agents. Built for users and teams demanding full data ownership, Hermes eliminates proprietary vendor lock-in while delivering an intuitive, reliable experience.
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