Nous Research just shipped the BIGGEST Hermes Agent update ever. v0.11.0 landed April 23, 2026 with 1,556 commits, 761 merged PRs, and 290 contributors since v0.9. Here’s every headline feature in one minute.
— 5 Things That Changed —
— 1. New TUI — Full React/Ink rewrite. Sticky composer, live streaming, status bar with git branch, subagent observability. Launch: hermes –tui
— 2. Infinite Subagents — Explicit orchestrator role, configurable max_spawn_depth, file-coordinated siblings that don’t clobber each other.
— 3. GPT-5.5 via Codex OAuth — Plus AWS Bedrock, NVIDIA NIM, Arcee AI, Step Plan, Google Gemini CLI, Vercel ai-gateway all native.
— 4. Plugin Platform — register_command, dispatch_tool, pre_tool_call veto, transform_tool_result, custom dashboard tabs, shell hooks with no Python.
— 5. /steer — Redirect a running agent mid-task without breaking prompt cache.
— Install in 1 Command —
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
Works on macOS, Linux, WSL2, and Android (Termux). Windows native is not supported.
— Already Installed? —
hermes update
— Links —
— Repo: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent
— Release notes: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/RELEASE_v0.11.0.md
— Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com
— Free 8-Page Install & Upgrade Guide —
Full breakdown of all 5 features, complete model provider table, all install commands for every platform, and post-install setup wizard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/105NiHHC1X9XCTsnQ59l2Ogx_c97wcbY2/view?usp=drivesdk
— Recommended Channels —
3Blue1Brown, Two Minute Papers, freeCodeCamp, Matt Wolfe, Matthew Berman, DeepLearning.AI, Krish Naik, Sentdex, Yannic Kilcher, Nate Herk
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