* fix: comprehensive Windows compatibility and gateway management improvements This commit addresses multiple Windows compatibility issues and improves gateway management across all platforms. ## Windows Compatibility Fixes - Add hermes-path.ts with cross-platform Hermes home/bin detection - Fix Windows native installation paths (%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes) - Update terminal.ts to use PowerShell instead of /bin/bash on Windows - Fix upload.ts path construction to use path.join() for cross-platform paths - Fix download.ts to use isAbsolute() for Windows absolute path detection - Update auth.ts to skip file mode 0o600 on Windows (unsupported) - Add nodemon.json for cross-platform environment variable handling ## Gateway Management Improvements - Simplify gateway startup: all platforms use 'run' mode uniformly - Remove complex init system detection and platform-specific code paths - Improve PID file validation: use health check instead of port detection - Remove getPortByPid() method (too complex and error-prone) - Remove checkPortAvailable() TCP bind test (TIME_WAIT false positives) - Trust gateway --replace flag to handle real port conflicts - Add smart PID validation: check if stale process via health check - Fix port allocation to avoid incrementing when gateway restarts - Add allocatedPorts.clear() on each startAll() call - Add clearPidFile() method to clean up stale PID files ## Process Management - Remove detached:true and unref() from gateway spawn - Gateway processes now follow parent process lifecycle - Add process reference storage in ManagedGateway interface - Improve shutdown logic: call gatewayManager.stopAll() before exit - Fix Windows process killing: use process.kill(pid) for Windows - Remove PowerShell command for lock file cleanup (use Node.js fs.unlinkSync) ## Frontend Theme Fixes - Fix main.ts localStorage key mismatch (hermes_theme → hermes_brightness) - Add inline script in index.html to prevent FOUC (Flash of Unstyled Content) - Apply theme classes before Vue mount to avoid visual glitches ## Developer Experience - Fix nodemon windows-kill popup on Windows by removing signal config - Add delay and environment variables to nodemon.json - Add windowsHide: true to all child process spawns ## Breaking Changes - Gateway management now exclusively uses 'run' mode on all platforms - systemd/launchd integration removed (use --replace flag instead) This fix ensures hermes-web-ui works correctly on Windows native installations while maintaining compatibility with Linux/macOS/WSL2. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * Fix gateway lifecycle port handling * fix: comprehensive Windows compatibility and gateway management improvements - Simplified hermes CLI binary resolution logic - Fixed Windows line ending compatibility in profile list parsing - Migrated gateway restart logic from CLI to GatewayManager - Added gateway restart to updateCredentials method - Removed unnecessary gateway restarts from provider operations - Fixed configuration preservation when switching profiles - Added nodemon quiet mode and legacy watch to reduce Windows popups Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * revert: change back to nodemon due to tsx compatibility issues - tsx has compatibility issues with Koa generator functions - Restored nodemon with simplified configuration - Added cross-env package for future Windows environment variable needs Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: replace nodemon with ts-node-dev to eliminate Windows popup windows - Installed ts-node-dev as nodemon replacement - ts-node-dev has better Windows compatibility without console popups - Supports respawning, inspector debugging, and TypeScript compilation - Uses cross-env for Windows environment variable support - Removed nodemon.json configuration file (no longer needed) Benefits: - No more Windows console popup windows during development - Faster restart times compared to nodemon - Built-in TypeScript compilation without ts-node overhead Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: improve log parsing and Windows compatibility for agent/error logs - Fixed Pino JSON log parsing bug where logger field incorrectly used obj.msg - Changed logger field to use obj.name to properly display log source - Added Windows line ending support (\r\n) for log file listing - Added support for 'error' log type in addition to 'errors' - Improved error message extraction from obj.err when available This fixes the missing agent and error logs issue on Windows. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * Fix gateway health checks and shutdown ownership * Refine auth lock window and dev shutdown * fix: improve Hermes plugin discovery on Windows by fixing Python path resolution - Added support for Windows venv Scripts directory structure - Fixed Python executable path detection for hermes.exe in venv/Scripts/ - Added Windows LOCALAPPDATA hermes-agent directory to search paths - Improved cross-platform compatibility for plugin discovery This fixes the "No module named 'hermes_cli'" error on Windows by correctly locating the Python virtual environment that contains the Hermes modules. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * refactor: improve cross-platform compatibility for Hermes plugin discovery - Added platform detection to only add Windows-specific paths on Windows - Prevents potential issues on Unix/Linux/macOS systems - Ensures LOCALAPPDATA path is only used when available on Windows - Maintains existing behavior for all platforms This makes the Windows plugin discovery fix safer for cross-platform usage. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * chore: remove unused development dependencies - Removed nodemon (replaced by ts-node-dev) - Removed tsx (had compatibility issues with Koa) - Removed nodemon.json configuration file - Cleaned up development tools to only what's actually used This reduces dependency size and eliminates the windows-kill popup source that was part of nodemon. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * chore: remove memory system files - Removed MEMORY.md index file - Removed memory/ directory and windows-compatibility.md - Cleaned up unused memory persistence system Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: resolve TypeScript compilation error in plugins.ts - Added type assertion 'as string[]' after filter(Boolean) - Fixes TS2769 error: No overload matches this call - Ensures type compatibility with hasHermesPluginModule function Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: comprehensive Windows compatibility and gateway management improvements - Fix gateway detection after nodemon restart by adding health check-based detection - Prevent port conflicts by detecting already-running gateways without PID files - Switch to serial gateway startup to avoid lock file race conditions - Return to nodemon from ts-node-dev for development stability - Always stop gateways on shutdown to prevent orphan processes - Prevent project root config files from being committed to git - Fix syntax issues in plugins.ts Resolves issues where default profile gateway failed to start after nodemon restart and gateways were incorrectly marked as stopped despite running on correct ports. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: comic theme multilingual fonts, sidebar collapse fix, plugin discovery for Termux, and cron history - Add Chinese (ZCOOL KuaiLe), Japanese (Zen Maru Gothic), Korean (Gaegu) handwritten fonts for Comic theme - Fix collapsed sidebar: hide language switch, stack theme icons vertically - Add hermes shebang parsing as fallback Python discovery for Termux - Remove cron source filter from history sessions - Add 0.5.17 changelog entries for all 8 locales Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: tolerate duplicate YAML keys in config parsing (closes #628) Add `{ json: true }` to all 7 `yaml.load()` calls so duplicated mapping keys (e.g. multiple `mcp_servers:` blocks) no longer crash the API. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: gateway ownership check requires PID file to prevent cross-profile port hijacking Remove fallback that assumed ownership of healthy gateways without PID verification. Now only claims a gateway if PID file exists and process is alive, preventing one profile from hijacking another's port. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Hermes Web UI 中文
A full-featured web dashboard for Hermes Agent.
Manage AI chat sessions, monitor usage & costs, configure platform channels,
schedule cron jobs, browse skills — all from a clean, responsive web interface.
npm install -g hermes-web-ui && hermes-web-ui start
Features
AI Chat
- Real-time streaming via SSE with async run support
- Multi-session management — create, rename, delete, switch between sessions
- Self-built session database — local SQLite storage with automatic sync from Hermes state.db on first startup
- Session grouping by source (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.) with collapsible accordion
- Active session indicator — live sessions pin to top with spinner icon
- Sessions sorted by latest message time
- Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting and code copy
- Tool call detail expansion (arguments / result)
- File upload support
- File download support — download user-uploaded files and agent-generated files across local, Docker, SSH, and Singularity backends
- Session search — Ctrl+K global search across all conversations
- Global model selector — discovers models from
~/.hermes/auth.jsoncredential pool - Per-session model display badge and context token usage
Platform Channels
Unified configuration for 8 platforms in one page:
| Platform | Features |
|---|---|
| Telegram | Bot token, mention control, reactions, free-response chats |
| Discord | Bot token, mention, auto-thread, reactions, channel allow/ignore lists |
| Slack | Bot token, mention control, bot message handling |
| Enable/disable, mention control, mention patterns | |
| Matrix | Access token, homeserver, auto-thread, DM mention threads |
| Feishu (Lark) | App ID / Secret, mention control |
| QR code login (scan in browser, auto-save credentials) | |
| WeCom | Bot ID / Secret |
- Credential management writes to
~/.hermes/.env - Channel behavior settings write to
~/.hermes/config.yaml - Auto gateway restart on config change
- Per-platform configured/unconfigured status detection
Usage Analytics
- Total token usage breakdown (input / output)
- Session count with daily average
- Estimated cost tracking & cache hit rate
- Model usage distribution chart
- 30-day daily trend (bar chart + data table)
Scheduled Jobs
- Create, edit, pause, resume, delete cron jobs
- Trigger immediate execution
- Cron expression quick presets
Model Management
- Auto-discover models from credential pool (
~/.hermes/auth.json) - Fetch available models from each provider endpoint (
/v1/models) - Add, update, and delete providers (preset & custom OpenAI-compatible)
- OpenAI Codex & Nous Portal OAuth login
- Provider URL auto-detection for non-v1 API versions (e.g.
/v4) - Provider-level model grouping with default model switching
Multi-Profile & Gateway
- Create, rename, delete, and switch between Hermes profiles
- Clone existing profile or import from archive (
.tar.gz) - Export profile for backup or sharing
- Multi-gateway management — start, stop, and monitor gateway per profile
- Auto port conflict resolution
- Profile-scoped configuration and cache isolation
File Browser
- Browse files on remote backends (local, Docker, SSH, Singularity)
- Upload, download, rename, copy, move, and delete files
- Create directories
- View file content with syntax highlighting
Group Chat
- Multi-agent chat rooms with real-time messaging via Socket.IO
- @mention routing — mention an agent to trigger a contextual reply
- Context compression — automatic conversation summarization when history exceeds token threshold
- Typing status and reply progress indicators
- Room creation, deletion, and invite code management
- Agent management — add/remove agents from rooms with per-agent profiles
- SQLite message persistence
- Mobile responsive with collapsible sidebar
Skills & Memory
- Browse and search installed skills
- View skill details and attached files
- User notes and profile management
Logs
- View agent / gateway / error logs
- Filter by log level, log file, and keyword
- Structured log parsing with HTTP access log highlighting
Authentication
- Token-based auth (auto-generated on first run or set via
AUTH_TOKENenv var) - Optional username/password login — set via settings page after initial token auth
- Auth can be disabled with
AUTH_DISABLED=1
Settings
- Display (streaming, compact mode, reasoning, cost display)
- Agent (max turns, timeout, tool enforcement)
- Memory (enable/disable, char limits)
- Session reset (idle timeout, scheduled reset)
- Privacy (PII redaction)
- Model settings (default model & provider)
- API server configuration
Web Terminal
- Integrated terminal powered by node-pty and @xterm/xterm
- Multi-session support — create, switch between, and close terminal sessions
- Real-time keyboard input and PTY output streaming via WebSocket
- Window resize support
Quick Start
npm (Recommended)
npm install -g hermes-web-ui
hermes-web-ui start
One-line Setup (Auto-detect OS)
Automatically installs Node.js (if missing) and hermes-web-ui on Debian/Ubuntu/macOS:
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EKKOLearnAI/hermes-web-ui/main/scripts/setup.sh)
WSL
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EKKOLearnAI/hermes-web-ui/main/scripts/setup.sh)
hermes-web-ui start
WSL auto-detects and uses
hermes gateway runfor background startup (no launchd/systemd).
Docker Compose
Run Web UI together with Hermes Agent:
# Use pre-built image (Recommended)
WEBUI_IMAGE=ekkoye8888/hermes-web-ui:latest docker compose up -d hermes-agent hermes-webui
# Or build from source
docker compose up -d --build hermes-agent hermes-webui
docker compose logs -f hermes-webui
- Persistent Hermes data is stored in
./hermes_data - Web UI auth token is stored in
./hermes_data/hermes-web-ui/.token - On first run with auth enabled, the token is printed to container logs
- All runtime settings are environment-variable driven in
docker-compose.yml
For detailed notes and troubleshooting, see docs/docker.md.
CLI Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
hermes-web-ui start |
Start in background (daemon mode) |
hermes-web-ui start --port 9000 |
Start on custom port |
hermes-web-ui stop |
Stop background process |
hermes-web-ui restart |
Restart background process |
hermes-web-ui status |
Check if running |
hermes-web-ui update |
Update to latest version & restart |
hermes-web-ui -v |
Show version number |
hermes-web-ui -h |
Show help message |
Auto Configuration
On startup the BFF server automatically:
- Validates
~/.hermes/config.yamland fills missingapi_serverfields - Backs up original config to
config.yaml.bakif modified - Detects and starts the gateway if needed
- Resolves port conflicts (kills stale processes)
- Opens browser on successful startup
Development
git clone https://github.com/EKKOLearnAI/hermes-web-ui.git
cd hermes-web-ui
npm install
npm run dev
- Frontend: http://localhost:5173
- BFF Server: http://localhost:8648 (proxies to Hermes on 8642)
npm run build # outputs to dist/
Architecture
Browser → BFF (Koa, :8648) → Hermes Gateway (:8642)
↓
Hermes CLI (sessions, logs, version)
↓
~/.hermes/config.yaml (channel behavior)
~/.hermes/auth.json (credential pool)
Tencent iLink API (WeChat QR login)
The frontend is designed with multi-agent extensibility — all Hermes-specific code is namespaced under hermes/ directories (API, components, views, stores), making it straightforward to add new agent integrations alongside.
The BFF layer handles API proxy (with path rewriting), SSE streaming, file upload and download (multi-backend: local/Docker/SSH/Singularity), session CRUD via CLI, config/credential management, WeChat QR login, model discovery, skills/memory management, log reading, and static file serving.
Tech Stack
Frontend: Vue 3 + TypeScript + Vite + Naive UI + Pinia + Vue Router + vue-i18n + SCSS + markdown-it + highlight.js
Backend: Koa 2 (BFF server) + node-pty (web terminal)

