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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR #20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR #20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR NousResearch#20059 and follow-ups) but the docs only told people how to download it, not what it is or how to use it. Adds website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md covering install (installer + prebuilt + Windows GUI), the chat-first UI and management panes, the hermes desktop CLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, and troubleshooting. Sourced from apps/desktop/README.md, routes.ts, and the real argparse. Wired into sidebars.ts under Interfaces after the TUI.
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Summary
The native Electron desktop app shipped (PR #20059 + follow-ups) but the docs only covered how to download it — not what it is or how to use it. This adds a full guide.
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website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md— new page: install (installer / prebuilt / Windows GUI), interface-disambiguation callout (CLI vs TUI vs Web Dashboard vs Desktop), the chat-first UI + management panes,hermes desktopCLI flag reference, self-update, how-it-works, troubleshooting, build-from-source.website/sidebars.ts— registered under Interfaces, after the TUI entry.Content sourced from
apps/desktop/README.md,apps/desktop/src/app/routes.ts, and the realhermes desktopargparse — not invented.Validation
reference/cli-commands#hermes-cron) verified present.Infographic