Gemini Live Bridge
Realtime duplex voice chat with the Gemini Live API — a status-bar minibar for the Hermes desktop app (transcript, model catalog, thinking level, session token meter, auto-redial via session resumption). Full-proxy architecture: the plugin backend owns the upstream Live WebSocket and the user's key (requires_env GOOGLE_API_KEY); the desktop UI only talks to localhost and receives single-use ephemeral tokens. No agent tools; desktop-focused, dashboard tab hidden.
Good to know before installing
Pressing Start captures microphone audio and streams it through the local backend to generativelanguage.googleapis.com using GOOGLE_API_KEY (or GEMINI_API_KEY) from the environment; input/output transcripts are held in backend memory for the session, and a Gemini session-resumption handle is written to .resume.json inside the plugin's install directory.
From the plugin's catalog listing.
How to install
- Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs (this one needs
GOOGLE_API_KEY), then asks whether to turn it on.hermes plugins install gemini-live-bridge - Said no? Turn it on later:
hermes plugins enable gemini-live-bridge - Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.
Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see Full setup & settings. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide (opens in a new tab).
- Category
- Chat apps & voice
- Maintained by
- cruzlxyz (Community)
- Needs
GOOGLE_API_KEYAPI key- Version
- 1.0.6
- In the catalog
- 2026-09-23
Full setup & settings ↗Source code ↗
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