To help with any confusion around the Basemate project - the official CA is 0x07E61D8a4e197dfC269e90D7ECe1dF0D26702bA3 and my dev - founder is @0xteo
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This is honestly one of the most underrated github repos...
It's called Hermes Desktop. 8,169 stars on GitHub.
You download it. It walks you through installing Hermes Agent, connecting your model provider, and setting up your first profile. Then you open a chat window and start. No CLI. No config files. No terminal commands. Just a native app.
Here's what it does:
β Chat interface with full session history. Every conversation saved locally.
β Profiles. Give your agent a name, persona, and set of instructions. Switch between them instantly.
β Skills. Teach the agent new capabilities. It learns from what you give it.
β Tool use. The agent calls external tools to complete tasks. Not just text generation.
β Memory. The agent remembers context across sessions. Closed learning loop built in.
β Scheduling. Set tasks to run automatically. The agent works while you sleep.
β Messaging gateways. Connect the agent to multi-platform messaging. Telegram already supported.
β Model provider setup through the GUI. Point it at any provider you want.
β Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Native Electron app.
β Stores everything in ~/.hermes on your own machine.
Here's the wildest part:
There is no Hermes cloud. There is no session sync to a third-party server. Your prompts, your memory, your agent's learned skills, your scheduled tasks. All of it lives in a folder on your hard drive. The only data that leaves your machine is the inference call to whatever model provider YOU chose.
You pick the provider. You own the folder. You control the loop.
ChatGPT Plus: $20/month. $240/year.
Claude Pro: $20/month. $240/year.
Copilot Pro: $19/month. $228/year.
Hermes Desktop: $0. Unlimited sessions. Unlimited profiles. Unlimited schedules. Your hardware. Your memory. Forever.
8,169 stars. 981 forks. Built in TypeScript. Active development since April 2026.
MIT licensed. Self-hosted. Free forever.
100% Open Source.
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