Ekko Studio
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A local-first AI workspace for multi-agent chat, coding, and visual workflows.
Available as a desktop app and self-hosted web console, with support for
Hermes Agent, Ekko Agent, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Grok, and OpenCode.
Bring conversations, group collaboration, voice, files, and devices together in one place.
Download Ekko Studio Desktop
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Documentation
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npm install -g hermes-web-ui && hermes-web-ui start
Ekko Studio was previously named Hermes Studio / Hermes Web UI. The GitHub
repository remains EKKOLearnAI/hermes-studio, and the npm package and server CLI
remain hermes-web-ui; use these names in clone and installation commands.
Screenshots
Captured in Ekko Studio v0.7.18 on 2026-09-10. Chat and workflow screens use demo data.
| Visual workflows |
Agent Manager |
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| Connect agent steps and add a human approval gate. |
Manage agent installations, settings, and updates in one place. |
Explore the Skills interface
Browse installed skills, read their instructions, and enable them as needed.
Core Capabilities
| Area |
What Ekko Studio does |
| Multi-agent runtime |
Runs Hermes, Ekko, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Grok, and OpenCode with streaming responses, tool traces, generated-file previews, persistent sessions, and standalone desktop chat windows. |
| Studio workspace |
Provides shared chats, group chat, global-agent runs, workflows, files, voice, media, devices, themes, logs, usage, and App connectivity across agent runtimes. |
| Agent control planes |
Keeps Hermes profiles, providers, models, memory, skills, plugins, jobs, Kanban, channels, and runtime management in their owning agent module. |
| Automation |
Builds executable visual workflows and connects the supported runtimes through schedules, approval gates, group-chat rooms, platform channels, and MCP servers. |
| Workspace tools |
Provides a file browser, web terminal, Desktop Agent Browser, voice input/output, coding-agent runners, device discovery, Journey graph, and performance views. |
| Distribution |
Ships as a desktop app for Windows/macOS/Linux, an npm CLI package, and a Docker image. |
Ekko Studio provides a shared workspace for its supported agent runtimes,
grouped into three agent families:
| Agent family |
Runtime |
Owned behavior |
| Hermes |
Hermes |
Profiles, providers, models, skills, plugins, memory, jobs, Kanban, channels, MCP, terminal, and Hermes runtime integration. |
| Ekko |
Ekko |
Ekko execution, approvals, clarifications, memory, MCP, and provider runtime behavior. |
| Coding |
Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Grok, OpenCode |
Coding-agent installation, configuration, proxies, sessions, and process execution. |
Studio owns capabilities shared by those families: single chat, group chat,
global-agent orchestration, workflows, webhooks, sessions, files and uploads,
TTS/STT, media, pets, themes, devices, networking, logs, usage, authentication,
and App connectivity. Studio-owned HTTP APIs use /api/studio/*; Hermes-owned
control-plane APIs use /api/hermes/*. Already-released mobile App paths are
handled by one centralized compatibility layer instead of duplicate legacy
controllers.
Features
AI Chat
- Real-time chat streaming over Socket.IO
/chat-run; Studio dispatches each run to Hermes, Ekko, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Grok, or OpenCode through runtime adapters
- Multi-session management — create, rename, delete, switch between sessions
- Self-built session database — local SQLite storage for Studio sessions; Hermes state.db remains a read-only source for Hermes history APIs
- Session grouping by source (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.) with collapsible accordion
- Active session indicator — live sessions pin to top with spinner icon
- Sessions sorted by latest message time
- Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting and code copy
- Tool call detail expansion (arguments / result)
- Profile-scoped file uploads, clipboard image/file paste, and workspace attachments
- File download support — download uploaded files and agent-generated files by resolved path across local, Docker, SSH, and Singularity backends
- Inline previews for generated HTML, PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, CSV, images, Markdown, and source files
- Session search — Ctrl+K search across the Studio local session database; read-only Hermes history sessions are not included
- Session categories, message references, compression progress, and durable background delegation results
- Profile-aware model selector — discovers models available to the signed-in account through authorized Hermes profiles
- Per-session model display badge and context token usage
Unified configuration for 10 platforms in one page:
| Platform |
Features |
| Telegram |
Bot token, mention control, reactions, free-response chats |
| Discord |
Bot token, mention, auto-thread, reactions, channel allow/ignore lists |
| Slack |
Bot token, mention control, bot message handling |
| WhatsApp |
Enable/disable, mention control, mention patterns |
| Matrix |
Access token, homeserver, auto-thread, DM mention threads |
| Feishu (Lark) |
App ID / Secret, mention control |
| DingTalk |
Client ID / Secret, mention control |
| QQBot |
App ID / Secret, mention control |
| WeChat |
QR code login (scan in browser, auto-save credentials) |
| WeCom |
Bot ID / Secret |
- Credential management writes to
~/.hermes/.env
- Channel behavior settings write to
~/.hermes/config.yaml
- Per-platform configured/unconfigured status detection
Usage Analytics
- Total token usage breakdown (input / output)
- Session count with daily average
- Estimated cost tracking & cache hit rate
- Model usage distribution chart
- 30-day daily trend (bar chart + data table)
Scheduled Jobs
- Create, edit, pause, resume, delete cron jobs
- Trigger immediate execution
- Cron expression quick presets
Kanban
- Profile-aware Kanban board for planning and tracking agent work
- Task creation, updates, and status movement from the dashboard
- Shared with the same local Studio state and authentication model
Visual Workflows
- Vue Flow canvas for Hermes, Ekko, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Grok, and OpenCode nodes with file/image attachments
- Directed edges, structured conditions, success/failure routes, loops, and approval gates
- Import/export for portable workflow definitions and profile-aware workspaces
- Run budgets, deadlines, stop/rerun controls, and persisted execution history
- Frozen run snapshots, node conversations, edge decisions, and evidence playback on the canvas
Model Management
- Auto-discover models from credential pool (
~/.hermes/auth.json)
- Fetch available models from each provider endpoint (
/v1/models)
- Add, update, and delete providers (preset and custom OpenAI-compatible)
- OAuth/device flows for OpenAI Codex, Nous Portal, xAI, Claude, and GitHub Copilot
- Provider URL auto-detection for non-v1 API versions (e.g.
/v4)
- Provider-level model grouping, visible-model controls, aliases, refresh, and default switching
- Separate STT and TTS provider catalogs under Models
Multi-Profile
- Create, rename, delete, and switch between Hermes profiles
- Clone existing profile or import from archive (
.tar.gz)
- Export profile for backup or sharing
- Profile-scoped configuration, cache, uploads, sessions, jobs, usage, memory, skills, plugins, providers, and model visibility
- Account-bound profile access: super administrators can manage every profile; regular administrators only see and use profiles assigned to their account
File Browser
- Browse files on remote backends (local, Docker, SSH, Singularity)
- Upload, download, rename, copy, move, and delete files
- Store uploaded files under the selected/requested Hermes profile while keeping downloads path-based for agent-generated artifacts outside the upload directory
- Create directories
- Preview and edit supported files with syntax highlighting, then attach workspace files back to a chat
Group Chat
- Multi-agent chat rooms with real-time messaging via Socket.IO
- @mention routing — mention an agent to trigger a contextual reply
- Context compression — automatic conversation summarization when history exceeds token threshold
- Typing status and reply progress indicators
- Room creation, deletion, and invite code management
- Agent management — add/remove agents from rooms with per-agent profiles
- SQLite message persistence
- Mobile responsive with collapsible sidebar
Coding Agents
- Install, configure, launch, and monitor Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Grok, and OpenCode from the dashboard
- Built-in coding-agent terminal, session history, workspace selection, images, and file diffs
- Dedicated proxy routes and API modes for provider/model compatibility
- Standalone desktop chat windows and persisted output/reasoning metadata
Desktop Agent Browser
- Desktop-only multi-tab browser that agents can navigate through the managed MCP server
- Isolated browser profiles, per-tab control leases, proxy settings, downloads, cookies, and permissions
- Accessibility snapshots, screenshots, console logs, and page annotations for agent-assisted browsing
Skills & Memory
- Browse and search installed skills
- View skill details and attached files
- Install and manage Skill Bundles with profile-aware usage statistics
- User notes, persistent Ekko Agent memory, and profile-scoped memory management
- Interactive Journey graph for skill/memory relationships, category filtering, detail inspection, and playback
Theme Customization
- Light/dark mode, interface style, base font size, text color, and active color
- Per-account background images and live preview across the workspace
Logs
- View agent / server / error logs
- Filter by log level, log file, and keyword
- Structured log parsing with HTTP access log highlighting
Admin & Runtime Management
- Device and LAN peer views for local-network discovery and peer tooling
- MCP manager for the managed
ekko-studio-* servers, profile injection, and api / browser / devices / use toolsets
- Runtime version and version-preview tooling for testing newer builds in isolation
- Performance monitor views for super administrators
Authentication
- Token-based auth (auto-generated on first run or set via
AUTH_TOKEN env var)
- Username/password login with account management in Settings
- Default bootstrap credentials are
admin / 123456; users are prompted after login to change the default username and password
- Super administrators can manage users and profile bindings; regular administrators can manage their own account details
CLI maintenance commands:
# Delete persisted login IP lock records
hermes-web-ui clear-login-locks
# Delete login locks and restart the running Studio server
hermes-web-ui clear-login-locks --restart
# Create or reset the default super administrator login to admin / 123456
hermes-web-ui reset-default-login
clear-login-locks removes ${HERMES_WEB_UI_HOME:-~/.hermes-web-ui}/.login-lock.json. If the server is running, restart it to clear in-memory lock state. reset-default-login updates the Studio account database; if an admin user already exists, its password is reset to 123456 and the account is enabled as a super administrator.
Settings
- Display (streaming, compact mode, reasoning, cost display)
- Agent (max turns, timeout, tool enforcement)
- Memory (enable/disable, char limits)
- Session reset (idle timeout, scheduled reset)
- Privacy (PII redaction)
- Model settings (default model & provider)
- Profile and provider configuration
Voice / TTS / STT
- Manage voice providers under Models → STT and Models → TTS; existing Settings → Voice links redirect there.
- TTS adapters: Edge, OpenAI-compatible, MiMo, Doubao, ElevenLabs, Gemini, xAI, Mistral, MiniMax, and DeepInfra.
- STT adapters: Browser, OpenAI-compatible, Doubao, Groq, Mistral, xAI, ElevenLabs, and DeepInfra.
- Use editable turn-based voice input from the chat mic, or open the full-screen real-time voice stage for a continuous voice-focused experience.
- Provider keys and MiMo voice-clone audio stay server-side; the browser receives only masked secret status.
- Starting a new voice turn stops current assistant playback first, but does not implicitly cancel an active agent run.
- For supported settings, security notes, and current non-goals, see
docs/voice-dialogue.md.
- The real-time stage does not claim simultaneous full-duplex listen/speak; telephony and always-on wake-word listening remain out of scope.
Web Terminal
- Integrated terminal powered by node-pty and @xterm/xterm
- Multi-session support — create, switch between, and close terminal sessions
- Real-time keyboard input and PTY output streaming via WebSocket
- Window resize support
Desktop App & Updates
- Native Electron shell for Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Bundles the Studio runtime and starts the local server automatically
- Uses Cloudflare download endpoints for desktop auto-update metadata and assets first
- Falls back to GitHub Releases
latest assets if the Cloudflare update feed is unavailable
- Windows upgrades attempt to close an existing Ekko Studio process before replacing files
Quick Start
Desktop App (Recommended)
Download the latest Ekko Studio desktop installer from
GitHub Releases.
Desktop builds are published for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with separate
architecture assets where applicable. The desktop app bundles the Studio
runtime and stores Hermes Agent data in ~/.hermes on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
The desktop wrapper stores its own Studio state separately in
~/.hermes-web-ui unless HERMES_WEB_UI_HOME is set.
After the packaged desktop app starts, it installs managed command shims so the
desktop app, bundled Hermes Agent CLI, and bundled server CLI do not conflict:
| Command |
Description |
ekko-studio |
Open the Ekko Studio desktop app |
ekko-studio cli ... |
Run the bundled Hermes Agent CLI |
ekko-studio web ... |
Run the bundled hermes-web-ui command |
ekko-studio -h |
Show wrapper help |
ekko-studio-mcp [api|browser|devices|use] |
Run one managed Studio MCP toolset |
The desktop command is ekko-studio; the previous managed hermes-studio
command is removed when the new shim is installed. No compatibility alias is created.
Use ekko-studio cli -h for Hermes Agent CLI help and
ekko-studio web -h for server CLI help. ekko-studio-mcp defaults to the
api toolset; choose browser, devices, or use to keep the exposed MCP
surface focused on the current task.
Desktop auto-updates read the latest feed from
https://download.ekkolearnai.com/latest first. If that endpoint is
unavailable, the updater falls back to
https://github.com/EKKOLearnAI/hermes-studio/releases/latest/download.
npm
npm install -g hermes-web-ui
hermes-web-ui start
Open http://localhost:8648
Docker Compose
Single-container deployment with integrated Hermes Agent:
# Use pre-built image (Recommended)
WEBUI_IMAGE=ekkoye8888/hermes-web-ui docker compose up -d
# Or build from source
docker compose up -d --build
docker compose logs -f hermes-webui
Open http://localhost:6060
- Persistent Hermes data is stored in
./hermes_data
- Studio auth token is stored in
./hermes_data/hermes-web-ui/.token
- On first run with auth enabled, the token is printed to container logs
- All runtime settings are environment-variable driven in
docker-compose.yml
For detailed notes and troubleshooting, see docs/docker.md.
Hermes Agent Runtime Discovery
When Studio starts backend chat features, it prefers a source checkout that
contains run_agent.py such as ~/.hermes/hermes-agent. If no source checkout
is found, it falls back to the Python environment used by the installed
hermes command, then the system Python. This supports both source installs
and package installs such as pip install hermes-agent.
Studio Environment Variables
These variables configure Ekko Studio, its local Hermes runtime integration, and development/preview helpers. Provider API keys and Hermes Agent settings are normally managed through Hermes profiles; environment variables here are process-level overrides.
| Variable |
Default |
Description |
PORT |
8648 |
Studio server listen port. |
BIND_HOST |
0.0.0.0 |
Studio server bind host. Set :: explicitly for IPv6. |
HERMES_LAN_ADVERTISE_URL |
unset |
Reachable Studio origin used in App LAN QR codes. Set this to the Docker host's LAN URL when Studio is opened through localhost, for example http://192.168.1.20:6060. |
HERMES_APP_ENTITLEMENT_REQUIRED |
true |
Require a valid cloud-signed App entitlement before accepting a LAN App relay connection. Set false only for temporary compatibility diagnostics. |
HERMES_APP_ENTITLEMENT_PUBLIC_KEY |
built in |
Optional PEM public-key override for RS256 App entitlements. The expected issuer is hermes-studio-server and audience is ekko-studio. |
HERMES_WEB_UI_HOME |
~/.hermes-web-ui |
Studio data home for auth token, credentials, logs, DB, and default uploads. HERMES_WEBUI_STATE_DIR is also supported as a compatibility alias. |
HERMES_WEBUI_STATE_DIR |
unset |
Compatibility alias for HERMES_WEB_UI_HOME. |
HERMES_WEB_UI_DISABLE_MCP_AUTOINJECT |
unset |
Disable startup injection of the managed ekko-studio-* MCP servers into Hermes profile configs. |
HERMES_WEB_UI_ALLOW_TRANSIENT_MCP_AUTOINJECT |
unset |
Allow managed MCP injection when HERMES_WEB_UI_HOME is under a temporary directory, such as Version Preview runtimes. |
UPLOAD_DIR |
$HERMES_WEB_UI_HOME/upload |
Upload root override. Files are stored below profile-scoped subdirectories. |
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Ekko Studio is a local-first AI workspace for multi-agent chat, coding, and visual workflows, available as a desktop app and a self-hosted web console.