NousResearch Hermes Agent Ships Major April 30 Release — 1,096 Commits, 213 Contributors, Self-Improving Agent Crosses 130K Stars

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NousResearch's Hermes Agent shipped its largest release on April 30 with 1,096 commits and 550 merged PRs from 213 community contributors. The open-source agent (MIT license) runs on your own server with persistent memory, auto-generated skills from experience, and multi-platform support (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal). Hit 110K stars in ten weeks — the fastest-growing agent framework of 2026 — with zero reported agent-specific CVEs.