Self-Hosted Hermes Agent AI on the Flux Decentralized Cloud
Deploy Hermes Agent, the self-improving AI agent by Nous Research, on Flux, a decentralized cloud running on thousands of independent nodes across 50+ countries. Drive it from a password-protected dashboard, reach your private network through built-in Tailscale, and bring your own AI provider key - your agent, your keys, no vendor lock-in. Plans start at $4.02/month, with your first month free.
What is a self-improving AI agent?
A self-improving AI agent doesn't just answer a prompt and stop - it pursues a goal. It plans a multi-step task, calls tools and APIs to carry each step out, checks its own results, and revises its approach when something fails. Over repeated runs it learns from its own work, so the jobs you give it get faster and more reliable. Hermes Agent by Nous Research brings that loop together with bring-your-own-key model access and built-in private-network reach, on infrastructure you control.
How it works
- Pick a plan and deploy to the Flux decentralized cloud in about 30 seconds - no server setup.
- Add your own OpenRouter, OpenAI, or Anthropic (Claude) key; the agent calls your provider directly.
- Drive it from the password-protected dashboard or the built-in HTTP API.
Why host Hermes Agent on Flux?
- Dedicated, self-hosted Hermes Agent deployed in under 30 seconds
- Self-improving autonomous agent that learns from its own runs
- Bring your own AI key - OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude) and more
- Built-in Tailscale to securely reach your private network and services
- Password-protected web dashboard plus an open HTTP API
- Your conversations, keys and agent memory stay yours
- 50+ global regions with built-in DDoS protection and 99.9% uptime
- No vendor lock-in - pay-as-you-go pricing from $4.02/month
Why self-host instead of a managed agent SaaS?
With a managed agent SaaS your prompts, data, and keys flow through someone else's backend, and you're locked into their models, limits, and pricing. Self-hosting Hermes gives you a dedicated, private instance: your conversations and provider keys stay on your deployment, you pay your AI provider directly with no per-token markup, and you can move or shut it down whenever you like.
Why self-host on the Flux decentralized cloud →Privacy, data ownership, bring-your-own-key and no lock-in, explained.Hermes Agent hosting FAQ
What is Hermes Agent? A self-improving AI agent by Nous Research that plans and executes multi-step tasks autonomously from a secure dashboard you control.
Do I need my own AI key? Yes - Hermes is bring-your-own-key. Plug in OpenRouter, OpenAI or Anthropic and the agent uses your account and models directly.
What is the built-in Tailscale for? It lets your agent securely reach private services on your tailnet without exposing them to the public internet.
Is my agent private? Yes - the dashboard is password-protected and self-hosted; your data never routes through a shared SaaS backend.
How much does it cost? From $4.02/month, pay-as-you-go, no contracts, with your first month free.
Learn more
- What is Hermes Agent? Nous Research's self-improving AI agent explained
- How to self-host an AI agent on the Flux decentralized cloud
- Why self-host on the Flux decentralized cloud →
Learn more at hermes.runonflux.com or reach us at support.runonflux.com.