Independent product intelligence · Worldwide · 2026-05-01 → 2026-07-31

Hermes Desktopnousresearch.com

No product description has been published for this domain yet. Everything below is measured directly.

Developer & AI Platformnousresearch.comTracked since 2026-08-191 discovery source
311.1KAI traffic
69.1KBacklinks

Traffic & engagement

Where Hermes Desktop ranks

Traffic and engagement were not measured for this domain. The ranking positions below were.

#10,592Global rank
#10,483Country rank
#360Category rank

AI referral visibility

Which AI assistants are already sending Hermes Desktop traffic?

AI referrals are still a minority channel, but they show which assistants and pages are becoming discovery surfaces.

311.1KTotal AI traffic
1.3%Share of all traffic
135.2KChatGPT traffic
43.5%ChatGPT share

AI platform mix · 2026-02-01 → 2026-07-31

ChatGPT43.5%
Others18.4%
Perplexity15.7%
Gemini11.6%
Grok6.6%
Claude3.8%
Manus0.2%
Mistral0.2%
DuckAi0.1%

AI discovery readout

The identifiable AI mix includes ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok, Claude, Manus, Mistral, DuckAi, while the source groups 18.4% into “Others”.

ChatGPT alone supplies 43.5% of measured AI referrals, ahead of Perplexity at 15.7%. Most of it lands on hermes-agent.nousresearch.com.

AI referral landing pages · all 24 stored rows

#Page / folderTrafficShare
1other53.1K17.07%
2hermes-agent.nousresearch.com49.4K15.87%
3hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs26.5K8.53%
4hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/guides/xai-grok-oauth21.4K6.88%
5hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/integrations/providers21.1K6.77%
6hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/desktop8.9K2.87%
7hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/installation8.5K2.74%
8hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/desktop6.4K2.04%
9nousresearch.com6K1.93%
10portal.nousresearch.com5.4K1.72%
11hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/quickstart4.8K1.55%
12hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/browser3.8K1.23%
13hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/skills3.7K1.18%
14hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration3.6K1.16%
15hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/architecture3.6K1.14%
16hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/docker3.5K1.12%
17hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard3.2K1.04%
18hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuring-models2.8K0.92%
19hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/memory-providers2.7K0.86%
20hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/profiles2.6K0.82%
21hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/skills2.4K0.77%
22hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/guides/tips2.2K0.70%
23hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/memory2K0.64%
24hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/api-server1.8K0.57%

Authority & distribution

How strong is Hermes Desktop’s web footprint?

Backlinks measure accumulated distribution; referring domains show how broadly that authority is spread. Both are observable on the open web, so both are published for every product here.

Backlinks

69.1KCurrent snapshot

Referring domains

4KCurrent snapshot

Authority

38Domain authority · category median 22

90-day move

+123%Referring domains, last 90 days
At 38, Hermes Desktop sits above the 22 median for its category.

Backlinks · 370 daily observations

Vertical axis starts at 6.3K, not zero.

Referring domains · 370 daily observations

Vertical axis starts at 825, not zero.

Product profile

What Hermes Desktop is selling.

Traffic makes more sense when you can connect it to the actual product promise.

“Hermes Desktop”

No usable description reached this profile from any discovery source, so none is shown. The measured signals below are unaffected.

Developer & AI PlatformSeen 2026-08-19 → 2026-08-19Coverage tier C

What we have measured

4 of 8 signal groups are available for this product: identity, authority and backlinks, AI referrals, search demand.

Not measured for this domain: traffic and engagement, audience demographics, country distribution, acquisition mix. Those sections are left out of the page rather than filled with estimates.

Canonical website: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/desktop?ref=futuretools.io

Observed across 1 discovery source.

Research questions

What the evidence answers about Hermes Desktop.

Every answer is tied to a source we collected, and the questions with no evidence behind them are left unanswered rather than guessed.

What does Hermes Desktop do and what problem does it solve?

Hermes Desktop is an open-source, self-hosted AI agent platform that provides persistent memory and autonomous capabilities. It solves the problem of fragmented AI interactions by offering a single agent with a persistent memory that connects to multiple platforms and can generate its own skills over time.

What features and integrations does Hermes Desktop offer?

It offers features including persistent memory, natural-language scheduling, task delegation via sub-agents, web search, and browser automation. It integrates with platforms like Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and Email, and supports multiple sandboxing backends including Docker, SSH, and Modal.

How is Hermes Desktop priced or packaged?

Hermes Desktop is available for free under the MIT license. It can be downloaded as a desktop app for macOS and Windows or installed via the terminal on Linux.

How much search demand does Hermes Desktop have and what do people search to find it?

The measured traffic data shows 0.0 median AI traffic visits for products in its category, indicating minimal or no measurable search demand captured in this dataset. The product is categorized under 'Developer & AI Platform'.

How does Hermes Desktop compare with the median product in its category?

In its 'Developer & AI Platform' category, which contains 2619 products, the median AI traffic visits is 0.0. Hermes Desktop's measured traffic cannot be safely attributed to its specific URL, so a direct comparison is not possible from the provided evidence.

What is Hermes Desktop used for and in what situations?

It is used as a personal AI agent for persistent, context-aware assistance across various communication platforms and development environments. It is suitable for situations requiring long-term memory, like managing projects, automating scheduled reports, and delegating tasks through isolated sub-agents.

Who is Hermes Desktop designed for?

The product is designed for developers and users who want a self-hosted, open-source AI agent with persistent memory and autonomous task execution. Its primary focus is on developer deployment.

What is Hermes Desktop?

Hermes Desktop is the downloadable desktop application for the Hermes Agent, an open-source, self-hosted AI agent platform by Nous Research featuring persistent memory and autonomous capabilities.

Behind the lock

Unlock full Hermes Desktop intelligence.

  • Backlink trajectoryThe figures above are the latest observation. The daily curve behind them holds 370.
  • AI referral detailHow much traffic assistants send, which 9 of them do it, and the 24 pages they land on.
  • Search structure and ranking depthOrganic against paid, brand against non-brand, and how many keywords rank in the top three against the long tail — which is what decides whether the demand is portable or tied to the name.
  • The rest of the marketPage through every leaderboard 100 rows at a time, put any five products side by side, and query the whole dataset over API / MCP.

Worldwide estimates · Data period 2026-05-01 → 2026-07-31 · AI referral period 2026-02-01 → 2026-07-31. Figures are measured estimates intended for market research. Signals we have not measured for this domain are omitted, never estimated; a measured zero is still reported as zero. How this was measured