The Iris chat workspace — clean, fast, yours.
A lightweight, modern rebuild of the Hermes agent framework — protocol-first, fully local, packed with a consumer-grade experience.
Built for people who want a serious AI assistant without the bloat.
40%+ lighter than the original framework. Boots in seconds, sips memory.
Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. One base URL + key and you're live — no vendor lock-in.
Official plugin catalog with one-click install / uninstall. Extend when you need, stay lean when you don't.
Upload documents, get CJK-aware full-text search, and let Iris answer from your own data.
Command palette, 14 skins, light/dark themes, 520+ settings — fully customizable.
Sessions, memory and knowledge stay on your machine. No account. No telemetry.
One archive, everything included: agent core + web UI + docs.
For Windows & macOS users. Extract anywhere and run python3 server.py.
For Linux / server users. Full source tree, ready for deployment.
Two components, one seamless experience.
Iris is a heavily customized rebuild of Hermes by Nous Research (MIT). Original copyright preserved, attribution maintained. Free to use, modify and redistribute.