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Hermes Control Interface

Hermes Control Interface is a self-hosted, password-gated web dashboard for managing and monitoring the Hermes AI agent stack. It provides browser interfaces for agent profiles and sessions, chat, terminals, files, cron jobs, token analytics, MCP server controls, system monitoring and swarm pipelines.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when Hermes Agent and its CLI are already installed on the same machine and you want a browser-based console for agent operations and host-level oversight.

Who it is for

  • Operators running Hermes Agent on a server who want browser-based management.
  • Teams coordinating multiple Hermes agent profiles and swarm task pipelines.

Documented uses

  • Review agent sessions, gateway state, logs and host metrics.
  • Chat with Hermes, use a browser terminal, and browse or edit server files.
  • Manage cron jobs, Hermes skills and MCP server processes and configuration.
  • Inspect token usage trends, cost projections and budget alerts.
  • View agent health, kanban task lanes and live swarm events.
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Requirements & limits

Self-hosted; the documented setup requires configuring HERMES_CONTROL_PASSWORD and HERMES_CONTROL_SECRET. The project repository identifies the license as MIT.

  • Requires Node.js 20+, Hermes Agent on the same machine and the hermes CLI on PATH.
  • The documented stack includes Node.js, Express and WebSocket, with Vite, xterm.js, Chart.js and better-sqlite3.
  • The interface documents roles and profile-based access restrictions; deployment and access configuration remain operator responsibilities.
  • Production installation guidance is separate from the local quick start.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up the dashboard for local access

Install HCI and start its documented local server.

Before you start

  • Node.js 20 or later
  • Hermes Agent installed on the same machine
  • The hermes CLI available on PATH
  • A login password and session secret

Steps

  1. Clone the HCI repository and change into its directory.

  2. Copy .env.example to .env and set HERMES_CONTROL_PASSWORD and HERMES_CONTROL_SECRET.

  3. Run npm install followed by npm run build.

  4. Start the server with node server.js and open http://localhost:10274.

Expected outcome

The README's local quick start provides a browser-accessible HCI instance at localhost:10274.

Guide limitations

  • This is the documented local quick start; production setup is covered separately in the installation documentation.
  • The guide does not establish that this setup has been executed or verified.
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