A self-hosted AI butler that lives on your server — persistent memory, grows smarter every day.
- Role
- A self-evolving AI butler
- Engine
- Nous Research · Hermes Agent (MIT)
- Channels
- Telegram · Discord · Slack · iMessage
- Memory
- Persistent · cross-session
- Docs
- 中文 + English bilingual
7-Day Assembly
One module per day, each under an hour. Every command tested on the author's own machine.
Install, set env vars, complete your first chat.
Choose Claude / GPT / local; configure API keys.
WeChat QR or BotFather token, lock down allowlist, chat with Hermes.
Invoke at least 2 built-in tools with real effects.
Install a skill from the hub and trigger it by chat.
Make Hermes remember what you said yesterday.
Natural-language cron; pinpoint typical errors.
Tested crosswalk for skills and memory.
Migrate from OpenClaw
Both tools share DNA — concepts map 1:1. Here is the author's tested crosswalk.
OpenClaw
- Skills/skills/*
- Integrations50+ services
- Heartbeatscron-like
- Persistent Memory24/7 ctx
- Bot Frameworkmulti-channel
Hermes Agent
- Skills Systemhub-installable
- Toolsets + MCPcomposable
- Scheduled Tasksnatural-lang
- Memory Systemauto-compact
- Messaging Platformsplugin-based
Start now,
ship in 7 days.
No signup. No API credits. No vendor lock-in. Just a manual, your machine, and seven focused days.
◉ Start Day 01