HermesOffice
AI-native office suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF) where the Hermes Agent is the brain, open standards, byte-preserving round-trip, 100% local.
Runssource: GitHubTypeScriptApache-2.0commit 05c5512e75cf
TypeScript, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: agent, ai native, docx, electron, hermes, local first, mcp and office suite.
HermesOffice runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 2 minutes and hit 3 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
HermesOffice repository installs, builds all 6 Electron apps, passes all ~6900 unit tests across 18 workspaces, and launches the Electron shell app on an Xvfb display.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Node v18 installed but project requires >=22.12.0; npm install emitted EBADENGINE warnings1 minute
- Rust/cargo not found — sheets native:test and native:build would fail1 minute
- Electron chrome-sandbox not SUID (no root access)
- Install time
- 2 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 18 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 3 hit, 3 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- npm test passed: ~6900 tests across 18 workspaces all green; npx electron apps/shell/out/main/index.js --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --disable-software-rasterizer --no-zygote launched on :99 and remained alive (kill -0 confirmed)
- Model tokens used
- 146,999
- Exact commit tested
- 05c5512e75cf
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
| @hermesoffice/sheets | 171 (1 skipped) | 1978 passed, 1 skipped | | @hermesoffice/shell | 19 | 234 passed | | @hermesoffice/slides | 61 (1 skipped) | 648 passed, 8 skipped | | @hermesoffice/pdf | 42 | 575 passed | | @hermesoffice/markdown | 10 | 145 passed | **Launch verification:** - Electron shell app started on Xvfb display `:99` with `--no-sandbox --disable-gpu --disable-softw… **Errors encountered:** 1. Node v18 installed, project needs >=22.12.0 — fixed by extracting Node 22.12.0 into `~/.local/bi… 2. Rust/cargo not found for sheets sidecar — fixed by installing Rust via rustup 3. Electron SUID sandbox issue (no root for `chmod 4755`) — worked around with `--no-sandbox` 4. HTMLCanvasElement not implemented in vitest/JSDOM — cosmetic warnings only, all tests passed
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 2 minutes, faster than the median of the 32 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Recovered from all 3 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
Of the 33 agent projects Argusic has installed and timed, HermesOffice was the 9th fastest to reach a running state, and 25 of 33 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 2 minutes after the clone.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
agentai-nativedocxelectronhermeslocal-firstmcpoffice-suiteopen-sourcepdfpptxreacttypescriptuniverxlsx
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/hermesoffice)Questions
- Does HermesOffice run?
- Yes. HermesOffice runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 2 minutes, hitting 3 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test HermesOffice?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 05c5512e75cf. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test HermesOffice?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.05: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does HermesOffice take to install?
- 2 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does HermesOffice need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing HermesOffice?
- 3 things broke in the recorded run, and 3 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does HermesOffice compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 33 agent projects Argusic has installed and timed, HermesOffice was the 9th fastest to reach a running state, and 25 of 33 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for HermesOffice?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.