Deploy and Host Hermes Agent by Nous Research on Railway

Hermes Agent is an open-source, self-improving AI assistant with 113K GitHub stars. It runs 24/7, connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack, and email, and gets smarter over time — automatically writing and refining skills based on the tasks it completes.

About Hosting Hermes Agent by Nous Research

Hermes Agent is designed to run as a persistent, always-on service — making Railway an ideal host. Deploying on Railway gives you a containerized instance with a persistent volume for skills and memory storage, an admin dashboard to configure your LLM provider, messaging channels, and API keys without touching config files. The agent uses under 512MB of memory at idle, keeping you on Railway's most cost-effective tier. Once deployed, you connect your LLM via OpenRouter, wire up your messaging channel, and your agent is live and ready to extend with MCP integrations like Supabase.

Common Use Cases

• Personal AI assistant — manage files, run web searches, generate images, and automate tasks via Telegram or Discord
• Natural language database management — connect to Supabase via MCP and manage your backend entirely through messages
• Scheduled automations — set up cron-based workflows that query data, send reports, and trigger actions on a schedule

Dependencies for Hermes Agent by Nous Research Hosting

• LLM API key — OpenRouter recommended (supports DeepSeek V4, Claude, GPT-4, and more via a single endpoint)
• Messaging channel — Telegram bot token, Discord webhook, or other supported channel for sending and receiving messages

Deployment Dependencies

• Hermes Agent GitHub Repository
• OpenRouter — LLM API Gateway
• Supabase MCP Server (optional — for database integration)
• Telegram BotFather (optional — for Telegram messaging channel)

Why Deploy Hermes Agent by Nous Research on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying Hermes Agent by Nous Research on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.