VERY BETA Your next favorite app

Bring your bots
home.

Kantharos for Mac and Linux. Your agents. Your models.

Mac · Apple silicon

Meet Kantharos 0.1.0.

A super early beta for Mac, signed and notarized. Connect your existing Hermes setup and help shape what comes next.

Download for Mac — Apple silicon

Version 0.1.0 · VERY BETA · 109 MB · DMG

Setup guide ↗ · Release notes ↗ · Checksum ↗

Pink Kantharos bot welcoming you to the Mac app

Linux · Ubuntu 24.04 x64

Meet the Linux beta.

Another home for your bots. Help shape Kantharos on Ubuntu.

Download for Ubuntu — x64

Version 0.1.0 · VERY BETA · 92 MB · DEB

Release notes ↗ · Checksum ↗

Installation and beta testing

Install the DEB with Ubuntu’s package installer, or run sudo apt install ./kantharos_0.1.0_amd64.deb.

Installation, app startup, normal quit, bridge shutdown and relaunch passed on Ubuntu 24.04 x64. Authenticated chat and history are still unverified on this Linux build.

Linux · x64 portable beta

Unpack. Launch. Make it yours.

A portable home for your Hermes bots.

Download Linux portable — x64

Version 0.1.0 · VERY BETA · 115 MB · TAR.GZ

Release notes ↗ · Checksum ↗

Linux setup and compatibility

Extract the archive, open the Kantharos folder, and run ./kantharos.

Native startup checked on Ubuntu 22.04 x64. Requires a graphical Linux desktop, Electron’s native libraries and host support for user namespaces. For Ubuntu 24.04, use the Ubuntu DEB above.

Three steps on Mac. Then you’re in.

  1. Open the DMG and drag Kantharos into Applications.
  2. Open Kantharos and connect your existing Hermes instance.
  3. Choose a bot and continue the conversation.

New to Hermes? The setup guide walks you through what to prepare.

Installer details

Apple silicon Mac · source a19fd9a

SHA256: cef1f30c059ad11b014892d72f003f6b3fcaa89c213ed586851ac0545ba38eda