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FreeBSD rc.d service for hermes gateway (daemon(8) supervision) (#1)
Co-authored-by: Hermes & Sam <hello@clawdie.si>
Co-committed-by: Hermes & Sam <hello@clawdie.si>
2026-06-14 15:21:23 +02:00

1.6 KiB

Hermes Agent — FreeBSD

This is a clean-room FreeBSD compatibility layer for Hermes Agent, built from the MIT-licensed upstream. No LGPL code, no Autolycus dependency.

What's patched

Three targeted changes for FreeBSD native support:

File Change
hermes_cli/setup.py FreeBSD in platform detection, pkg for espeak-ng, rc.d service support
hermes_cli/uninstall.py /usr/local/bin symlink removal on FreeBSD
scripts/install-freebsd.sh Native FreeBSD installer (POSIX sh, pkg, uv)

Clipboard (xclip) and voice (ffplay) work on FreeBSD without code changes — xclip and ffmpeg are available via pkg.

Service (rc.d)

After installing, run Hermes as a persistent system service under daemon(8):

# One-time setup
sudo pw groupadd hermes
sudo pw useradd hermes -g hermes -d /var/db/hermes -s /usr/sbin/nologin
sudo cp packaging/freebsd/hermes_daemon.in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hermes_daemon
sudo chmod 555 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hermes_daemon

# Configure Hermes before first start
sudo mkdir -p /var/db/hermes
sudo chown hermes:hermes /var/db/hermes
sudo -u hermes HERMES_HOME=/var/db/hermes hermes setup
sudo -u hermes HERMES_HOME=/var/db/hermes hermes model

# Enable and start
sudo sysrc hermes_daemon_enable=YES
sudo service hermes_daemon start
sudo service hermes_daemon status

The service stores config in /var/db/hermes (persistent) instead of ~/.hermes (tmpfs on live USB). Logs go to /var/log/hermes/gateway.log.

Install

sh scripts/install-freebsd.sh

License

MIT — same as upstream NousResearch Hermes Agent. No LGPL encumbrance.