Hermes Agent hit 140K GitHub stars, most-used on OpenRouter. Runs locally on Nvidia RTX with self-evolving skills and Qwen 3.6 models that beat prior 120B-parameter models. Hermes Agent crossed 140,000 GitHub stars in under three months, according to Nvidia. The Nous Research framework is now the most-used agent on OpenRouter, optimized for local inference on Nvidia RTX GPUs and DGX Spark. Key facts Hermes Agent: 140K GitHub stars in under three months. Most-used agent on OpenRouter as of last week. Qwen 3.6 35B: runs on 20GB memory, beats 120B models. Qwen 3.6 27B: matches accuracy of 400B-parameter models. Nvidia RTX, RTX PRO, DGX Spark as recommended hardware. Agentic AI frameworks are proliferating, but Hermes Agent stands apart on two vectors: reliability and self-improvement. Developed by Nous Research, Hermes is provider- and model-agnostic, designed for always-on local use.…