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docs(windows): label native Windows support as early beta (#22115)

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Adds early-beta framing to every user-facing surface where native Windows
is introduced — landing page install block, Installation page, Windows
(Native) guide, contributor notes, and README. Sets expectations that the
path installs and runs but hasn't been road-tested as broadly as POSIX,
and points users who want maximum stability at WSL2 instead.

Follow-up to #21561 (native Windows support) and #22089 (Windows docs).
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title: "Windows (Native) Guide"
description: "Run Hermes Agent natively on Windows 10 / 11 — install, feature matrix, UTF-8 console, Git Bash, gateway as a Scheduled Task, editor handling, PATH, uninstall, and common pitfalls"
sidebar_label: "Windows (Native)"
title: "Windows (Native) Guide — Early Beta"
description: "Early BETA: run Hermes Agent natively on Windows 10 / 11 — install, feature matrix, UTF-8 console, Git Bash, gateway as a Scheduled Task, editor handling, PATH, uninstall, and common pitfalls"
sidebar_label: "Windows (Native) — Beta"
sidebar_position: 3
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# Windows (Native) Guide
# Windows (Native) Guide — Early Beta
:::warning Early BETA
Native Windows support is **early beta**. It installs, runs, and passes our Windows-footgun lint, but it hasn't been road-tested at the scale our Linux/macOS/WSL2 paths have. Expect rough edges — especially around subprocess handling, path quirks, and non-ASCII console output. Please [file issues](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues) with repro steps when you hit something. If you want a battle-tested setup today, use the [Linux/macOS installer under WSL2](./windows-wsl-quickstart.md) instead.
:::
Hermes runs natively on Windows 10 and Windows 11 — no WSL, no Cygwin, no Docker. This page is the deep dive: what works natively, what's WSL-only, what the installer actually does, and the Windows-specific knobs you might need to touch.
If you just want to install, the one-liner on the [landing page](/) or [Installation page](../getting-started/installation#windows-native-powershell) is all you need. Come back here when something surprises you.
If you just want to install, the one-liner on the [landing page](/) or [Installation page](../getting-started/installation#windows-native-powershell--early-beta) is all you need. Come back here when something surprises you.
:::tip Want WSL instead?
If you prefer a real POSIX environment (for the dashboard's embedded terminal, `fork` semantics, Linux-style file watchers, etc.), see the **[Windows (WSL2) Guide](./windows-wsl-quickstart.md)**. Both coexist cleanly: native data lives under `%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes`, WSL data lives under `~/.hermes`.