Hermes Desktop Companion overview

Hermes Desktop — Native macOS companion for Hermes Agent over SSH.

It turns the daily Hermes loop into something you can actually live in on a Mac: sessions, workflows, Kanban, workspace files, usage, skills, cron jobs, and a real terminal in one focused window.

If Hermes is already part of how you work, the app should feel immediately legible. Same host. Same files. Same profiles. Same source of truth.

No browser wrapper. No gateway API. No daemon on the host. No local mirror. No extra sync layer slowly drifting away from the machine that actually matters.

That restraint is the point of the app.

Hermes Desktop does not invent a softer second version of Hermes. It gives the real SSH-first workflow a calm, fast, native Mac surface while keeping the model visible. You always know which host you are on, which Hermes profile is active, which path the app is using, and where the work is happening.

Hermes Desktop is for people who want a native Mac workbench for the Hermes host they already use, without adding another layer to trust.

Connects directly over SSH
Keeps the Hermes host as the only source of truth
Works with multiple Hermes profiles for a multi-agent workflow
Reads the real remote sessions, Kanban, cron jobs, skills, files, and usage
Saves reusable workflow presets locally on your Mac, then launches them against the selected host/profile in a fresh Terminal tab
Includes an embedded SSH terminal for the moments where the shell is still the right tool
Ships as a universal macOS app for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs
Includes English, Simplified Chinese, and Russian localization resources

What's new in version 1.1.1

v1.1.1 is a focused Settings and connection-hardening release.

It keeps the same direct SSH-first model from v1.1.0, while making host management calmer when you move between network paths, SSH aliases, or saved hosts. The selected Hermes host remains the source of truth: no gateway service, no local mirror, and no background sync layer.

What Changed

Settings now serializes automatic host discovery refreshes for the active workspace, reducing duplicate probes and avoiding misleading transient connection-health states.
Switching hosts now clears the previous "Last Checked" timestamp so Settings always reflects the currently selected host.
Host management now includes a confirmed "Remove Host" action. Removing a host only deletes the saved local connection from Hermes Desktop; remote Hermes files and profiles are left untouched.
The first "Edit Host" action now opens the selected host details immediately, so the sheet shows the connection being edited from the first attempt.

Compatibility

macOS 14 or newer
SSH from this Mac to the Hermes host must already work without interactive prompts
python3 must be available on the host
Chat and Terminal resume require the remote hermes CLI on the non-interactive SSH PATH
public releases are still ad-hoc signed and not notarized by Apple

Still True

Hermes Desktop connects directly over SSH
the Hermes host remains the source of truth
sessions, Kanban, cron jobs, files, skills, usage, Chat, and Terminal all stay anchored to the selected host and profile
workflow presets remain local launch helpers, not a second transport model or synchronization layer

Notes

universal macOS build for Apple Silicon and Intel
ad-hoc signed and not notarized yet, so first launch may still require right-click -> Open / Open Anyway
release archive: HermesDesktop.app.zip
checksum: HermesDesktop.app.zip.sha256
manifest: HermesDesktop.app.zip.manifest.json

Hermes Desktop Companion for Mac

Hermes Desktop Companion overview

What's new in version 1.1.1

What Changed

Compatibility

Still True

Notes

Hermes Desktop Companion for Mac

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