Hermes Agent on Raspberry Pi
10. July 2026 · 3 min read
A Raspberry Pi 4/5 with 4–8 GB RAM is sufficient for Hermes Agent. Power use is about 5W.
Installation
# Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)$ curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
Optimization
- Use an external SSD instead of an SD card
- Disable swap for longer lifespan
- Use affordable API models (DeepSeek, Gemini Flash)
💡 Ideal for: home automation, a Telegram bot, and monitoring. It is not suitable for local LLMs.