HERMES IS OPEN SOURCE. THE REAL LEVERAGE IS THE ECOSYSTEM AROUND IT. HERE ARE 5 REPOS I'M ACTUALLY RUNNING ON TOP OF IT. HERMES WORKSPACE (5.7K stars) by outsourc-e. a full web workspace for Hermes - the GUI the CLI never had. what it adds: → chat, embedded terminal, memory browser, skills manager in one UI → live sub-agent streaming + agent inspector → Docker one-click deploy, Tailscale for remote access → works as a zero-fork layer on top of the dashboard if you prefer GUI over CLI, start here. HERMES STUDIO (112 stars) by JPeetz. self-hosted dashboard built for running more than one agent. what it adds: → multi-agent orchestration from a single pane → execution approvals before tools fire → MCP server management + memory/skills browsing → TypeScript, PWA, 8-theme UI run this when one profile becomes three. HERMES PLUGINS (evey) - 23 plugins in one drop by 42-evey. a whole autonomy + observability layer, plugin by plugin. what it adds: → evey-cost-guard: daily/per-task budget caps, warns at 80% → evey-council: 3-model debate for hard calls, consensus extracted → evey-telemetry: structured JSON log of every tool call + error → evey-memory-consolidate: nightly facts → MEMORY.md + vectors copy the evey-* folders into ~/.hermes/plugins and restart. SKILL FACTORY (meta-skill) by Romanescu11. the skill that writes your skills for you. what it adds: → watches your session, detects repeated workflows → proposes a skill at the right moment ("[A] SKILL.md [B] https://t.co/G34plgOS4V [C] both") → writes both files into ~/.hermes/skills automatically → turns "I'll explain it again next time" into a one-time cost this is the compounding loop, automated. HERMES ECOSYSTEM MAP (25 stars) by ksimback. a living map of 80+ Hermes tools, skills and integrations. what it adds: → one place to find what already exists before you build it → filtered to projects actually integrated with Hermes → live site, not a stale README bookmark it before you reinvent a plugin someone shipped last week. which of these are you running? FULL HERMES-AS-AN-OS PLAYBOOK 👇