# Hermes Vitals Light: Hermes Agent plugin

> CPU, load, free RAM, Linux PSI CPU pressure, active sessions, running Hermes processes and round-trip time of the connected Hermes server in the Desktop status bar, plus an optional TUI card.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-vitals-light  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-vitals-light  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-29

CPU, load, free RAM, Linux PSI CPU pressure, active sessions, running Hermes processes and round-trip time of the connected Hermes server in the Desktop status bar, plus an optional TUI card.

## Good to know before installing

The Desktop chip's backend route reads CPU/memory figures via psutil, Linux /proc/pressure/cpu and /proc/meminfo, every process's command line (only per-command Hermes process counts are returned) and the server's own loopback /api/status, and reports the server hostname to the Desktop; the optional TUI card, copied by hand into tui-widgets/, runs the same code as a long-lived `python3 -c` child of the TUI and saves its options to <HERMES_HOME>/vitals.json; no third-party network call, no telemetry, no credentials.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install hermes-vitals-light
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-vitals-light
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: atostivint (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22`
- Version: 0.1.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-29

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-vitals-light)
- [Source code](https://github.com/atostivint/hermes-vitals-light#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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