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How to use Hermes Agent from your phone

Hermes Agent can connect to a messaging app, a terminal, or a mobile control surface. Compare what each path means for the session running in your development environment.

Reviewed August 26, 2026. Sources: Hermes Agent documentation

Ways to use Hermes Agent from your phone

Option 1

Hermes Agent messaging gateway

How it works Hermes Agent can run one gateway process and continue a conversation over Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, or email. That is the most direct phone-first path in Hermes itself. It is a messaging interface for the running agent, not a mobile IDE, so code and tools still execute in the environment where Hermes is installed.

Trade-off It is a messaging interface, not a mobile IDE; code and tools still run where Hermes is installed.

Best for People who want to message an existing Hermes Agent through a channel they already use.

Visit Hermes Agent messaging gateway →

Option 2

SSH into the Hermes terminal

How it works Run Hermes in a terminal on your laptop, workstation, or server, then use SSH from a mobile terminal to reconnect. This keeps the repository, shell, and credentials in that existing environment. It is dependable and direct, but a full terminal UI and code diffs are difficult to use on a small screen.

Trade-off A terminal UI and code diffs are difficult to use on a small screen.

Best for Developers who already have secure SSH access and are comfortable working in a terminal from their phone.

Visit SSH into the Hermes terminal →

Option 3

Hermes on Android with Termux

How it works Hermes documents a supported Termux installation path for Android. This puts the terminal agent on the phone itself, which can be useful for lightweight, self-contained work. For a real repository with a desktop toolchain, though, the more practical setup is usually to keep the session on the machine where the project already lives.

Trade-off For an existing desktop repository and toolchain, keeping the session on that machine is usually more practical.

Best for Android users who specifically want Hermes installed in a local terminal environment.

Visit Hermes on Android with Termux →

Option 4

Sesori

How it works Sesori is a native iOS and Android control surface for Hermes sessions on your own machine. Follow the work, review changes, respond to available permission requests, and continue from your phone. Ordinary app-to-Bridge session payloads are end-to-end encrypted; Sesori does not copy your repository into a hosted development workspace.

Trade-off Your computer must remain on; coding assistants, model providers, and optional hosted features retain their own data paths.

Best for Developers who want a purpose-built mobile UI for Hermes while keeping the development environment local.

Read Sesori’s setup guide →

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