Hermes Agent 0.22.6 released
A patch release bundling hundreds of merged changes since the previous version into a stable build.
What changed in 0.22.6
- Desktop app now includes a webapp pane for network access behind sign-in, and plugins load in browser tabs.
- New session features: clear model pins with /model reset, save delegation choices between sessions, and per-skill locks against autonomous writes.
- Cron jobs now support missed-run policies, a Stop button in the editor, and hermes cron cancel command.
- Improvements to group chat, Telegram video notes, Slack emoji reactions in threads, and resumable package manager downloads.
- Added OS-keychain storage option for vault keys, agent-picked ElevenLabs voices, and pre_llm_call hook for turn blocking.
Summarised by AgentGid from Nous Research's official release notes on GitHub, as reported there; read the original before relying on it. Price, status and release dates come from our daily data.
Hermes Agent at a glance
| What it is | Open-source self-improving agent from Nous Research that keeps persistent memory, creates and refines skills from experience, runs scheduled automations, and works from a terminal interface or messaging apps such as Tel… |
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| Latest version | 0.22.6 is the latest stable release we track. |
| Release pace | 9 stable releases in the last 30 days; 0.22.6 came 10 days after the previous one |
| Price | Free (OSS). Free and open source (MIT); users pay their chosen model providers (Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI or custom endpoints). Official pricing ↗ (checked Oct 5, 2026) |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 39.6K — |
| Gid Score | 64 #9 in General-purpose AI agents |
