hermes-agent/web
ioannis 0854640537 fix(web): cross-platform sync-assets + surface build errors on failure
Three Windows-only bugs in the web-dashboard build path. Each is small,
scoped, and verified end-to-end on Windows 11 — including under a stock
cmd.exe / PowerShell console with its default cp1252 encoding.

1. `sync-assets` shells out to Unix-only commands

   web/package.json hard-codes `rm -rf … && cp -r …`. Neither exists on
   Windows cmd.exe. `hermes_cli/main.py::_build_web_ui` runs npm via
   subprocess (which on Windows defaults to cmd.exe), so the prebuild
   hook crashed before Vite ever ran and the dashboard never built.

   Fix: web/scripts/sync-assets.mjs — ~20 lines of Node using fs.rmSync
   + fs.cpSync (stdlib, Node >= 16.7). No new deps, identical behavior
   on POSIX and Windows.

2. Build failures were silent

   _build_web_ui ran both subprocess calls with capture_output=True and
   never relayed the captured buffers on failure. Users saw 'Web UI
   build failed' and nothing else — no stdout, no stderr, no hint that
   the real problem was 'rm is not recognized'.

   Fix: inner _relay() helper that decodes and prints stdout + stderr
   (utf-8, errors='replace') whenever a step returns non-zero. Replaces
   the existing stderr_tail-only relay on the build path; success path
   is unchanged. (stderr_tail is preserved for the stale-dist fallback
   branch added by #23817.)

Salvaged from #13368 by @johnisag onto current main. Conflict
resolution preserves main's improvements:
- _run_npm_install_deterministic() (replaces bare subprocess.run for
  npm install)
- npm-build retry-after-sleep for Windows boot-time races (#23817)
- stale-dist fallback for non-interactive callers (#23817)

Closes #25073, #13368.
2026-05-14 15:57:59 -07:00
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public feat(web): add /api/pty WebSocket bridge to embed TUI in dashboard 2026-04-24 10:51:49 -04:00
scripts fix(web): cross-platform sync-assets + surface build errors on failure 2026-05-14 15:57:59 -07:00
src feat(dashboard): hide token/cost analytics behind config flag (default off) (#25438) 2026-05-13 22:20:25 -07:00
eslint.config.js feat: web UI dashboard for managing Hermes Agent (#8756) 2026-04-12 22:26:28 -07:00
index.html fix: use grid/cell components 2026-04-19 15:21:57 -04:00
package-lock.json fix(banner): show correct update status on nix-built hermes (#17550) 2026-04-30 07:03:00 +05:30
package.json fix(web): cross-platform sync-assets + surface build errors on failure 2026-05-14 15:57:59 -07:00
README.md feat: web UI dashboard for managing Hermes Agent (#8756) 2026-04-12 22:26:28 -07:00
tsconfig.app.json feat: web UI dashboard for managing Hermes Agent (#8756) 2026-04-12 22:26:28 -07:00
tsconfig.json feat: web UI dashboard for managing Hermes Agent (#8756) 2026-04-12 22:26:28 -07:00
tsconfig.node.json feat: web UI dashboard for managing Hermes Agent (#8756) 2026-04-12 22:26:28 -07:00
vite.config.ts fix: update design language 2026-04-28 10:57:30 -04:00

Hermes Agent — Web UI

Browser-based dashboard for managing Hermes Agent configuration, API keys, and monitoring active sessions.

Stack

  • Vite + React 19 + TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS v4 with custom dark theme
  • shadcn/ui-style components (hand-rolled, no CLI dependency)

Development

# Start the backend API server
cd ../
python -m hermes_cli.main web --no-open

# In another terminal, start the Vite dev server (with HMR + API proxy)
cd web/
npm run dev

The Vite dev server proxies /api requests to http://127.0.0.1:9119 (the FastAPI backend).

Build

npm run build

This outputs to ../hermes_cli/web_dist/, which the FastAPI server serves as a static SPA. The built assets are included in the Python package via pyproject.toml package-data.

Structure

src/
├── components/ui/   # Reusable UI primitives (Card, Badge, Button, Input, etc.)
├── lib/
│   ├── api.ts       # API client — typed fetch wrappers for all backend endpoints
│   └── utils.ts     # cn() helper for Tailwind class merging
├── pages/
│   ├── StatusPage   # Agent status, active/recent sessions
│   ├── ConfigPage   # Dynamic config editor (reads schema from backend)
│   └── EnvPage      # API key management with save/clear
├── App.tsx          # Main layout and navigation
├── main.tsx         # React entry point
└── index.css        # Tailwind imports and theme variables