Patch release. This tag rolls up the 174 PRs merged since v0.22.6 into a stable release for the GitHub release (CLI and installers), the Microsoft Store app, Docker and Hermes Cloud. Full curated notes for this window ship with v0.23.0.
Thank you to everyone who traveled from across the world to NousCon 2026.
Thank you to everyone who traveled from across the world to NousCon 2026. We loved spending time with the people who make the Hermes community great. As you all know, we released the Hermes Mobile beta at the event, and as anticipated it filled up quickly. We are working tirelessly to free up more room in the beta, and to get the app production ready for wider release. The feedback has been incredible so far, and we are excited to share it with the world soon. In the meantime, please join the waitlist at https://t.co/Oszcqj0vfO
Patch release. This tag rolls up the 776 PRs merged since v0.22.5 into a stable release for the GitHub release (CLI and installers), the Microsoft Store app, Docker and Hermes Cloud. Full curated notes for this window ship with v0.23.0.
Nous Research demonstrated ElevenLabs sound-effect generation inside Hermes Desktop, with looped playback, one-click variations, and a library of generated sounds.
Nous Explains New Plan Allowances and Reset Windows
The new plans combine daily, weekly, and monthly allowances, with an additional monthly limit for some expensive models. The Usage page shows reset times. Continuing with purchased credits is optional; switching from a legacy paid plan cannot be reversed.
Nous Research revamped Hermes Agent subscriptions: each new plan includes a cloud agent, and daily and weekly usage limits replace a single monthly block of credits. Existing subscribers can switch through the Nous Portal billing page.
Advanced Delegation Routes Subagents by Model or Profile
The Advanced Delegation modes plugin lets the Hermes orchestrator choose a different model or Profile for each subagent from configured routes, matching the delegated task to an appropriate setup.
Nous Warns That Official Mobile Apps Are Not in Stores Yet
Nous Research warned on October 25 that official Hermes mobile apps were not yet available in app stores. It cautioned that third-party apps closely copying Hermes branding are typically fraudulent rather than legitimate community projects.
v0.22.5: Sign-in, Delegation, and Update Reliability
A stable patch rollup of 81 merged PRs adds a simpler Nous device sign-in, pluggable delegation backends, usage-window plan support, and update recovery fixes. Full curated notes are deferred to v0.23.0; bundled desktop installers do not change in this release.
This patch removes Desktop suggestion pills, skips empty plugin dependency prompts, fixes WhatsApp re-pairing after logout, and keeps the approval-mode chip aligned with the active profile. Bundled desktop installers wait for the next bundled release.
A stable patch rollup of about 620 merged PRs adds live MCP progress, plugin-declared OAuth clients, a refreshed classic CLI, plugin update controls, and queued-prompt editing. Full curated notes are deferred to v0.23.0; bundled desktop installers are unchanged.
v0.22.2: Corrected Stable Build and Gateway Recovery
This is the corrected release intended for v0.22.1, which was built from the wrong commit. It restores gateway startup after reboots and improves long local-model turns. Known issue: sessions that ran under the v0.22.1 gateway cannot be deleted in v0.22.2.
This patch introduced Windows Store and plugin-update fixes, model picker changes, and Korean and Brazilian Portuguese language packs. It was built from the wrong commit and included unreleased gateway work; v0.22.2 is the corrected release.
The Threshold Release brings guided first-launch setup with a free trial model, hosted app connectors, one-click local models, signed desktop packages, and a unified package manager. It also adds a 600-plugin catalog, shared gateway/backend processes, and live subagent controls.
v0.21.7: Stable Update Channels and Reasoning Recovery
Official source installs now follow tagged stable releases, with a Desktop channel selector and an opt-in main channel. Signed reasoning survives resumed sessions, and GitHub update checks handle authentication and regional firewall errors more clearly.
The first SemVer release from the new stable pipeline rolls up about 2,100 merged PRs for Docker and Hermes Cloud. It hardens dashboard authentication, untrusted Git filters, and email sender checks. Desktop, Termux, and Microsoft Store bundles are unchanged.
v2026.7.20: The Quicksilver Release Makes Hermes Faster and More Durable
Hermes v0.19.0 cuts first-turn time-to-first-token by about 80%, speeds up Desktop and TUI streaming, adds terminal and Desktop subscription management, makes smart command approvals the default, integrates Bitwarden and 1Password secret sources, and makes subagent and message delivery durable across restarts.
A same-day follow-up to v0.18.1 moves the WhatsApp Baileys bridge dependency from a pinned Git commit to its published npm release. Tagged Hermes Docker builds can now install this dependency reliably.
v2026.7.7: Stability Update for Packaged Hermes Installs
This infrastructure-focused patch rolls the post-v0.18.0 stability work into a tagged release for Docker images, hosted deployments, and PyPI installs, including installer, dashboard, gateway, WhatsApp, MCP, and provider fixes.
v2026.7.1: The Judgment Release Makes “Done” Evidence-Based
Hermes v0.18.0 closes every tracked P0 and P1 at release time and adds first-class Mixture-of-Agents models, completion contracts and verification evidence for /goal, /learn and /journey, background fan-out, coding Projects in Desktop, and scale-to-zero gateway coordination.
v2026.6.19: The Reach Release Expands Hermes Across More Surfaces
v0.17.0 adds iMessage through Photon, the Raft agent network, background subagents, image editing, automation blueprints, an expanded Hermes Desktop, a browser-based profile builder, a rebuilt Skills Hub, and a more capable memory tool.