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Hermex, an Open-Source SwiftUI App, Puts Self-Hosted Hermes Agent Under iPhone Control

July 15, 2026 at 11:15 EDT

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Hermex, a native SwiftUI iPhone app built by developer Uzair Ansar, lets users fully control a self-hosted Hermes Agent from their phone while keeping the model, tools and data on their own hardware. The free app reached the App Store around mid-June 2026 and is released under an MIT open-source license, positioning the iPhone as a control plane rather than a compute layer.

Mid-June 2026 · Hermex by Uzair Ansar

A native iPhone cockpit for your own self-hosted AI agent

Hermex is a free, MIT-licensed SwiftUI app that fully controls a self-hosted Hermes Agent from an iPhone — model, tools and data stay on your own hardware, turning the phone into a remote control rather than a compute layer.

4.7

App Store rating from early reception

Free — no subscriptions or in-app purchases

iOS 18+

iPhone now, iPad support planned

Analytics reported — data stays local

Offline cache: what stays readable without a connection

days of
conversations

5,000

cached
messages

The architecture: phone controls, server computes

A direct connection via server URL and password — no relay in between. Compute never leaves your hardware.

iPhone (Hermex)

Control plane

→

hermes-webui API

Direct, no relay

→

Hermes Agent

Model · tools · data local

Developer praise

Described as "the ChatGPT app for your own Hermes Agent." Users praise its polish, immediacy and tight integration with the web interface — resolving slower web access to their agents.

The reservation

A minority would rather wait for an official Nous first-party client — but the native feel has won support in the meantime. Its trajectory depends on the self-hosted ecosystem growing.

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