How-To Series · Episode 04 / 59 · Module 1: Get Running

Hermes · On Your Phone (Termux)

Real terminal CLI on Android via Termux. Same hermes command. Same tools.

After this videoYou can now run Hermes natively on Android.

Termux gives you a real Linux shell on Android. Hermes installs into it almost the same way it does on a desktop. The curl one-liner auto-detects Termux, switches to the .[termux] extra, and skips Android-incompatible dependencies. Get Termux from F-Droid or GitHub, not the Play Store — the Play Store version is years out of date. Three caveats on Android: voice mode, browser automation, and persistent background gateway don't work yet.

About these resources. Two docs pages contributed facts: the Android / Termux page (F-Droid/GitHub install path, the .[termux] bundle, the list of features blocked on Android) and the Quickstart (the curl one-liner the Termux installer reuses).

Sources · What this video distills

2 docs pages · every command below is traceable to one of them
Primary · F-Droid/GitHub install, .[termux] bundle, Android caveats
Android / Termux
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The curl one-liner and `hermes setup --portal` flow that the Termux installer reuses
Quickstart
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Commands shown · Copy and paste

each shows the source doc it came from
Install Hermes inside Termuxfrom Android / Termux ↗
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
Easiest provider setupfrom Quickstart ↗
hermes setup --portal
Start chattingfrom Quickstart ↗
hermes

Going deeper · Related Hermes docs

further reading · not sources of facts shown above
Messaging Gateway
For a durable always-on agent on your phone, run the gateway on a real server (E24+ covers each platform).

Next in the series · Episodes that build on this

E03
Your First Chat
E24
Hermes on Telegram