# dodo-reach/hermes-desktop

The safest, simplest way to manage Hermes from your Mac. Pure SSH. No gateways, no exposed ports, no browser layer.

Repository: https://github.com/dodo-reach/hermes-desktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dodo-reach-hermes-desktop
Homepage: https://dodo-reach.github.io/hermes-desktop/
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: agent-tools, apple-silicon, developer-tools, hermes, hermes-agent, macos, remote-development, ssh, swift, swiftui, terminal
Last push: 2026-06-19T10:52:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 89, longevity 10
- inputs: {"age_days": 147, "days_push": 75, "days_rel": 76, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2002, forks 149 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:04.407423+00:00)

## What it is
Hermes Desktop is a native macOS (Swift/SwiftUI) companion app for managing a Hermes Agent host, either locally or over pure SSH. It provides a unified window for sessions, chat, terminal, Kanban tasks, cron jobs, skills, workspace files, memory, and usage without gateways, daemons, or synced mirrors.

## Use cases
- manage my hermes agent from a mac app
- run hermes agent sessions over ssh from my desktop
- edit hermes agent skills and memory files with a gui
- view hermes agent kanban board and cron jobs natively on macos
- chat with an ai agent running on a remote server from my mac
- monitor hermes agent token usage and sessions
- launch saved agent workflow presets in a terminal tab

## When to choose
- you use Hermes Agent daily and want a native Mac interface instead of the CLI or a browser
- you need to manage a Hermes host on a Raspberry Pi, VPS, or another Mac over SSH without exposing ports or gateways
- you want sessions, files, skills, cron jobs, and a real terminal in one focused window
- you run multiple Hermes profiles or multi-agent workflows and need profile-aware tooling

## When to avoid
- you don't use Hermes Agent — this app is a client specifically for Hermes, not a general SSH or agent manager
- you need a cross-platform or Linux/Windows desktop client
- you want a web-based or browser-accessible dashboard for your agent host

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, terminal-ui, developer-tools, ssh
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: hermes-agent, swiftui, native-macos-app, remote-development, kanban, cron-jobs, multi-agent, apple-silicon, ai-agents, command-line, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- dodo-reach/hermes-desktop (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.407423+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:01:56.586178+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dodo-reach/hermes-desktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.407423+00:00, sha 586845dfce68)
  - homepage: https://dodo-reach.github.io/hermes-desktop/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:39.360196+00:00, sha 58f955097089)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.