Hermex vs Agent Limbo

Hermex is a native iPhone and iPad client for your self-hosted Hermes agent. Connect to a reachable Hermes Web UI server, or enable the optional Bot Mode beta to connect directly to a Hermes agent host. Open existing sessions, start conversations, and follow streamed responses, tools, and reasoning as they arrive. Queue, steer, or stop an active run. Review file edits as diffs, browse workspace files, send photos and files, and dictate messages. Manage Kanban boards and cards, browse Tasks, Skills, Memory, and Usage, and choose models, profiles, and reasoning settings. Bot Mode adds a Bots inbox, Desktop sections, reactions, quick replies, approvals, questions, and group rooms. Live Activities keep working runs visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Optional notifications let you know when work finishes or needs your attention. The share extension stages content from other apps for you to review and send. Agent execution happens on your configured server, not on the iPhone. Your server owns your conversations, tools, and workspace. Recent sessions and messages may be cached locally for read-only offline viewing; clear that cache from Settings. There is no Hermex-hosted agent backend, tracking, or analytics service. Optional push notifications use an open-source, self-hostable relay. Message previews are encrypted on your Hermes host and decrypted on your iPhone; the relay handles device tokens, notification metadata, and ciphertext, never message text, server URLs, or Hermes server credentials. Push is off until enabled. Hermex has no in-app account creation or in-app purchases. You need your own reachable Hermes server. Not affiliated with Nous Research.

Agent Limbo is an AI workflow product built for Vibe Coding. It brings approvals for critical local agent actions and runtime status alerts to iPhone and Apple Watch, so you can stay in control of AI coding tasks anytime, even when you are away from your computer. Key features: - Real-time approvals: Receive approval requests on iPhone and Apple Watch, then allow or deny quickly. - Status monitoring: Check online status, pending approval queue, and recent tool calls. - Multi-agent support: Works with Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and more. - Remote alerts: Get notified when tasks complete or fail, so you can stop watching the screen. - Simple pairing: Pair your iPhone/Apple Watch with your desktop agent in one step. - 18 built-in digital pets: Bring 18 unique pixel companions to your Apple Watch, each reacting to your AI workflow state. Best for: - Developers who use AI coding tools daily - People running long Vibe Coding sessions or long tasks - Users who want remote control over agent workflows Notes: - After installing and signing in, complete pairing on desktop first (Mac and Windows supported). - Some features depend on local network connectivity and notification permissions.