ekko b4a80aceeb fix: Windows/Termux compatibility, comic theme fonts, and UI fixes (#630)
* 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>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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

Hermes Web UI Demo

Hermes Web UI Demo

npm version license stars


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.json credential 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
WhatsApp Enable/disable, mention control, mention patterns
Matrix Access token, homeserver, auto-thread, DM mention threads
Feishu (Lark) App ID / Secret, mention control
WeChat 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_TOKEN env 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 install -g hermes-web-ui
hermes-web-ui start

Open http://localhost:8648

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 run for 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

Open http://localhost:6060

  • 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.yaml and fills missing api_server fields
  • Backs up original config to config.yaml.bak if 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
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)

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License

BSL-1.1

Languages
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Vue 22.7%
Python 2.9%
JavaScript 1%
SCSS 0.3%