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Hermes Agent

Free

Nous Research's open-source (MIT), model-agnostic AI agent with desktop, TUI and CLI apps, MCP and app connectors, and local-model support.

Pros

  • +Fully open source and model-agnostic
  • +One-click local models through a llama.cpp runtime
  • +Large plugin catalog and MCP support

Cons

  • −Fast release cadence means frequent changes
  • −You pay your own model/API costs beyond the free trial model

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