5 reviewed records · 0 benchmark observations · capture dates not recorded
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Hermes IDE
Parallel agent sessions across git worktrees in a desktop IDE
No editorial score yet — missing data is not a low score
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Where this comes fromAI IDEs and copilots peer board is provisional. No quality rank is published until the declared evidence basket clears. Method AIS-V2
At a glance
5 facts- Provider
- Hermes HQ
- Type
- AI tool
- Access
- Source-available BSL 1.1 desktop IDE for macOS, Linux, and Windows; converts to Apache 2.0 three years after each release
- Lifecycle
- Active · v1.3.2 released May 18, 2026
- Pricing notes
- Free for everyone; source-available under BSL 1.1. Third-party model access may cost extra.
Not recorded yet: reviewed evidence records. Gaps stay visible as gaps; nothing is filled in or estimated.
Compared with
Hermes IDE sits with Cursor (AI IDEs and copilots: Work interactively inside an editor or existing repository) and GitHub Copilot (AI IDEs and copilots: Work interactively inside an editor or existing repository). Same-job peers are listed together; this profile does not name a winner. Best AI coding tools by job
FAQ
What is Hermes IDE?
Hermes IDE is an AI tool by Hermes HQ. Catalogue job: Parallel agent sessions across git worktrees in a desktop IDE. A free desktop IDE for agent-assisted coding, source-available under BSL 1.1. It offers an Agent mode, multi-session and multi-project workflows, first-class git worktrees, and runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Latest release v1.3.2, May 18, 2026.
How does Hermes IDE compare with Cursor and GitHub Copilot?
Hermes IDE is listed for AI IDEs and copilots (“Work interactively inside an editor or existing repository”). Cursor is listed for AI IDEs and copilots (“Work interactively inside an editor or existing repository”); its catalogue best-for is Professional engineers running agent fleets on large codebases. GitHub Copilot is listed for AI IDEs and copilots (“Work interactively inside an editor or existing repository”); its catalogue best-for is Teams already standardized on GitHub. Method AIS-V2 compares peers by job. This page does not pick a winner.
What does Hermes IDE cost?
Documented catalogue note: Free for everyone; source-available under BSL 1.1. Third-party model access may cost extra.. Plan terms change. This is a captured note, not a live invoice, and price is not a ranking input.
Follow the source
2 source linksEvidence & conditions
2Source links
5Reviewed records
NoneBenchmark runs
Not recordedLatest capture
- Hermes IDE official site
hermes-ide.comDate not recorded - Hermes IDE repository
github.comDate not recorded
No comparable benchmark observations are recorded for this entry.
Reviewed records
ev-hermes-ide-adoption-2026-09-06 adoption
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- adoption.github_repository
- entity Id
- hermes-ide
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- [email protected]
- evidence Type
- adoption
- id
- ev-hermes-ide-adoption-2026-09-06
- independence
- B
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- adoption
- peer Group
- ai_ide_copilot
- published At
- 2026-03-09
- publisher
- GitHub / Hermes HQ
- quality Tier
- moderate
- reproducibility
- A
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Official public repository snapshot; not a quality measure
- source Excerpt
- The official repository showed 258 stars, 70 forks and 69 releases when observed.
- source Type
- first_party_repository
- source Url
- https://github.com/hermes-hq/hermes-ide
- state
- measured
- unit
- repository_snapshot
- value
- 258 GitHub stars; 70 forks; 69 releases
ev-hermes-ide-capability-2026-09-06 capability
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- capability.agentic_desktop_ide
- entity Id
- hermes-ide
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- [email protected]
- evidence Type
- capability
- id
- ev-hermes-ide-capability-2026-09-06
- independence
- C
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- capability
- peer Group
- ai_ide_copilot
- published At
- 2026-05-18
- publisher
- Hermes HQ
- quality Tier
- moderate
- reproducibility
- B
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Current public product capabilities and platform support
- source Excerpt
- Hermes is a desktop IDE; Claude is native via Agent mode; Codex, Gemini, your shell and scripts run alongside it in terminal mode.
- source Type
- first_party_product
- source Url
- https://hermes-ide.com/
- state
- verified
- unit
- verified_feature_set
- value
- Desktop IDE for macOS, Linux and Windows with native Claude Agent mode, terminal sessions and first-class Git worktrees
ev-hermes-ide-price-2026-09-06 price
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- price.software_access
- entity Id
- hermes-ide
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- [email protected]
- evidence Type
- price
- id
- ev-hermes-ide-price-2026-09-06
- independence
- C
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- peer Group
- ai_ide_copilot
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- Hermes HQ
- quality Tier
- high
- reproducibility
- A
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Hermes IDE software access, excluding model-provider charges
- source Excerpt
- Free for everyone, forever. Source-available under BSL 1.1.
- source Type
- first_party_product
- source Url
- https://hermes-ide.com/
- state
- verified
- unit
- access_model
- value
- Free for everyone; source-available under BSL 1.1; third-party model access may cost extra
ev-hermes-ide-quality-gap-2026-09-06 quality
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- quality.comparable_benchmark
- coverage
- 0
- entity Id
- hermes-ide
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- [email protected]
- evidence Type
- quality
- id
- ev-hermes-ide-quality-gap-2026-09-06
- independence
- D
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- external
- peer Group
- ai_ide_copilot
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- AI Scoreboard review of Hermes HQ materials
- quality Tier
- low
- reproducibility
- B
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Comparable quality evidence for the AI IDEs and Copilots peer board
- source Excerpt
- The reviewed official site and repository publish no benchmark result comparable within the declared peer board.
- source Type
- editorial_gap_review
- source Url
- https://github.com/hermes-hq/hermes-ide
- state
- evidence_gap
- unit
- not_available
- value
- Not documented
ev-hermes-ide-user-outcomes-gap-2026-09-06 user_outcomes
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- users.qualified_outcomes
- entity Id
- hermes-ide
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- [email protected]
- evidence Type
- user_outcomes
- id
- ev-hermes-ide-user-outcomes-gap-2026-09-06
- independence
- D
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- users
- peer Group
- ai_ide_copilot
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- AI Scoreboard review of Hermes HQ materials
- quality Tier
- low
- reproducibility
- B
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Qualified user outcomes with attributable sample and measurable result
- source Excerpt
- The reviewed official material contains no qualified user-outcome study with a measurable result.
- source Type
- editorial_gap_review
- source Url
- https://hermes-ide.com/
- state
- evidence_gap
- unit
- not_available
- value
- Not documented
Source reports, measured results, and editorial assessments are separate evidence types. Source dates do not imply a new benchmark run. Capture dates are shown when recorded; otherwise we say the capture date was not recorded. Recorded dates are compared with this catalogue snapshot (Sep 11, 2026), not today’s date.
Method AIS-V2
How this page is assessed
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