How Hermes Agent Got Here
A source-backed timeline of Hermes Agent's public releases. Every date and highlight below comes straight from the NousResearch/hermes-agent GitHub release notes.
Internal Build-Up
The hermes-agent repository was created on July 22, 2025 (per GitHub metadata) and developed inside Nous Research for roughly eight months before the first public release tag. No public releases shipped during this window — the team focused on the core agent loop, skill system, and gateway.
Public Launch (v0.2.0 → v0.6.0)
Hermes Agent went public with v0.2.0 on March 12, 2026 and shipped five releases in eighteen days. v0.6.0 (March 30) landed 'Profiles' for running isolated agent instances, an MCP server mode, a Docker container, fallback provider chains, and Feishu/Lark plus WeCom messaging — 95 PRs resolved in two days, per the release notes.
The Intelligence Releases (v0.7.0 → v0.8.0)
v0.7.0 (April 3) was the 'resilience release': pluggable memory providers, Honcho integration restored, the Camofox anti-detection browser, and deep gateway hardening across 168 PRs. v0.8.0 (April 8) followed with background-process auto-notifications, free MiMo v2 Pro on Nous Portal, MCP OAuth 2.1, approval buttons, and 209 merged PRs — all from the public GitHub release notes.
Built With The Community
Hermes Agent is MIT-licensed and developed in public on GitHub. 300+ contributors have landed changes in the NousResearch/hermes-agent repo across the release cycles above.
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v0.8.0 is the current release. Install it with the one-line script and check the GitHub release notes for the full changelog.