A few weeks ago I launched the first version of
What's new
Project-aware sessions
Hermes organizes your terminal sessions under projects. Each session gets its own name, description, color, and isolated environment. Your "E-commerce API" project has sessions for Auth, Payments, and Order Processing. Your "Mobile App" has its own. Everything color-coded and named — no more guessing which terminal window is which.
The Prompt Composer
Most developers type a raw message to their AI and hope for the best. The Prompt Composer closes the gap between what you type and what you actually mean.
You assign a role (Backend Engineer, Security Auditor, DevOps, Architect — 23 built-in roles), choose a style (Concise, Step-by-step, Verbose), scope the task to specific files or directories, and preview the compiled prompt before it's sent. You see exactly what the model receives.
There are 105 built-in templates across 18 categories — debugging, database migrations, security audits, legal compliance, and more.
Built-in Git panel
Full git workflow without leaving the terminal. Stage, commit, push, pull, stash, branch, view diffs with syntax highlighting, and resolve merge conflicts — all from the sidebar. It always shows your branch, ahead/behind indicators, and the status of every file.
Everything else that makes the difference
Ghost-text completions — real-time, context-aware suggestions as you type, accepted withCmd+Tab
Project Realms — auto-scans your codebase for languages, frameworks, and architecture; keeps AI context always up to date
Three execution modes — Manual, Assisted, and Autonomous; switch anytime
Process Manager — monitor CPU/memory and kill rogue processes without leaving the terminal
File Explorer with regex search across all project files
Cost Dashboard — tracks token usage and dollar spend per AI provider per session
30+ keyboard shortcuts — fully keyboard-first
11 themes — including a Tron theme with animated energy lines and an 80s CRT phosphor glow
Free, open source, no account required
Hermes is free. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It respects your existing shell configuration out of the box — no migration, no onboarding, no sign-up.
If you've ever felt like the terminal was the one part of your dev environment that AI hadn't really touched yet — this is the answer.
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If you run into issues, have feature ideas, or want to contribute — open an issue or a PR. This is just the beginning.
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