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Hermes Agent
Free alternative to: ChatGPT Plus / Claude Pro (paid AI assistant subscriptions)
License: MIT
Free terms: Free MIT-licensed open-source desktop app; you bring your own model API keys.
What it does
Nous Research's free, open-source AI agent desktop app with 'Bot Mode' — each agent profile becomes a named bot with its own chat, memory, skills, and avatar; bots can message each other, deliberate in group chats, and run recurring routines via cron.
Heads-up: IMPORTANT CORRECTION: 'Hermes' is Nous Research's public open-source agent platform, NOT a Meta product — no verifiable 'Meta Hermes' public product exists (Meta's 2026 agentic product is 'Muse'). Hermes Agent is publicly downloadable, MIT-licensed, and actively developed (Bot Mode shipped as a bundled default-on desktop plugin in v0.20.3, Aug 2026). Publicly available: yes.
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Filed under: Free AI Agents & Automation Tools
Last verified: September 17, 2026 · Official source ↗
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