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title: Install Hermes AI Agent on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Hermes AI Agent for Linux - Autonomous AI agent
  with 60+ built-in tools and 20+ platform integrations
url: https://snapcraft.io/hermes-agent
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# Hermes AI Agent (hermes-agent)

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latest/candidate 0.19.0

Install latest/candidate of Hermes AI Agent

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install hermes-agent --candidate --classic
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

Hermes AI Agent is only available on the unstable candidate channel. It could break and change often.

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### Package name

* hermes-agent

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 10 September 2026 - latest/candidate
* 24 September 2026 - latest/edge

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/hermes-agent#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/hermes-agent#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/hermes-agent#tab-security)

#### Autonomous AI agent with 60+ built-in tools and 20+ platform integrations

Hermes is an autonomous AI agent that runs on your machine or server and
becomes more capable over time through persistent memory and auto-generated
skills.

It connects to 20+ messaging platforms (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp,
Teams, and more) and executes tasks using 60+ built-in tools: web browsing,
browser automation, code execution, file operations, scheduled jobs, and more.

Compatible with any OpenAI-compatible LLM — locally via Lemonade, Ollama,
or a Canonical inference snap, or via cloud APIs such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

LOCAL AI

Run 'hermes-agent.inference-snap' to detect a Canonical inference snap
(gemma4, gemma3, deepseek-r1, and others) and configure it as Hermes's
default model in one step — fully offline, no API key required.

SETUP

Run the setup wizard on first launch:

hermes-agent setup

The background gateway service starts automatically the first time you run
any hermes-agent command and is managed as a standard systemd user unit:

systemctl --user status hermes-agent
systemctl --user stop hermes-agent

SECURITY NOTE

This tool is capable of executing code, accessing files, and interacting
with external services on your behalf. Due to the nature of autonomous
AI agents, we recommend installing and running this snap inside an LXD
container as best practice. A container provides an extra layer of
confinement, limiting the agent's reach to the container environment
and reducing exposure to your host system and personal data.

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 my-agent
lxc exec my-agent -- snap install --classic hermes-agent

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## Install Hermes AI Agent on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/hermes-agent/ubuntu)