diff --git a/cmd/launch/hermes.go b/cmd/launch/hermes.go
index 683b10b75..56c40b9b2 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/hermes.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/hermes.go
@@ -83,6 +83,138 @@ func (h *Hermes) Run(_ string, _ []LaunchModel, args []string) error {
 	return hermesAttachedCommand(bin, args...).Run()
 }
 
+type HermesDesktop struct {
+	Hermes
+}
+
+func (h *HermesDesktop) String() string { return "Hermes Desktop" }
+
+func (h *HermesDesktop) Run(_ string, _ []LaunchModel, args []string) error {
+	bin, err := h.binary()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return hermesAttachedCommand(bin, h.launchArgs(args)...).Run()
+}
+
+func (h *HermesDesktop) Onboard() error {
+	return config.MarkIntegrationOnboarded("hermes-desktop")
+}
+
+func (h *HermesDesktop) launchArgs(args []string) []string {
+	launchArgs := []string{"desktop"}
+	if h.shouldSkipDesktopBuild(args) {
+		launchArgs = append(launchArgs, "--skip-build")
+	}
+	return append(launchArgs, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *HermesDesktop) shouldSkipDesktopBuild(args []string) bool {
+	if hermesDesktopHasFlag(args, "--skip-build", "--source", "--build-only", "--help", "-h") {
+		return false
+	}
+	return h.packagedAppExists()
+}
+
+func (h *HermesDesktop) packagedAppExists() bool {
+	for _, root := range hermesDesktopReleaseRoots() {
+		for _, candidate := range hermesDesktopPackagedExecutableCandidates(root) {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(candidate); err == nil {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// These roots mirror Hermes' own install layout:
+// scripts/install.sh uses ~/.hermes/hermes-agent for user installs and
+// /usr/local/lib/hermes-agent for new Linux root installs; scripts/install.ps1
+// and the bootstrap installer use %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\hermes-agent on
+// Windows. HERMES_HOME and HERMES_INSTALL_DIR are installer-supported
+// overrides.
+func hermesDesktopReleaseRoots() []string {
+	var installRoots []string
+	add := func(path string) {
+		path = strings.TrimSpace(path)
+		if path == "" {
+			return
+		}
+		installRoots = append(installRoots, filepath.Clean(path))
+	}
+
+	if installDir := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("HERMES_INSTALL_DIR")); installDir != "" {
+		add(installDir)
+	}
+	if hermesHome := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("HERMES_HOME")); hermesHome != "" {
+		add(filepath.Join(hermesHome, "hermes-agent"))
+	}
+
+	home, err := hermesUserHome()
+	if err == nil {
+		switch hermesGOOS {
+		case "windows":
+			if localAppData := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("LOCALAPPDATA")); localAppData != "" {
+				add(filepath.Join(localAppData, "hermes", "hermes-agent"))
+			}
+			add(filepath.Join(home, ".hermes", "hermes-agent"))
+		default:
+			add(filepath.Join(home, ".hermes", "hermes-agent"))
+			if hermesGOOS == "linux" {
+				add(filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "usr", "local", "lib", "hermes-agent"))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(installRoots))
+	releaseRoots := make([]string, 0, len(installRoots))
+	for _, root := range installRoots {
+		releaseRoot := filepath.Join(root, "apps", "desktop", "release")
+		if seen[releaseRoot] {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[releaseRoot] = true
+		releaseRoots = append(releaseRoots, releaseRoot)
+	}
+	return releaseRoots
+}
+
+func hermesDesktopPackagedExecutableCandidates(releaseRoot string) []string {
+	switch hermesGOOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		matches, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(releaseRoot, "mac*", "Hermes.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "Hermes"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return matches
+	case "windows":
+		return []string{
+			filepath.Join(releaseRoot, "win-unpacked", "Hermes.exe"),
+			filepath.Join(releaseRoot, "win-ia32-unpacked", "Hermes.exe"),
+			filepath.Join(releaseRoot, "win-arm64-unpacked", "Hermes.exe"),
+		}
+	default:
+		return []string{
+			filepath.Join(releaseRoot, "linux-unpacked", "hermes"),
+			filepath.Join(releaseRoot, "linux-unpacked", "Hermes"),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func hermesDesktopHasFlag(args []string, names ...string) bool {
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		if arg == "--" {
+			return false
+		}
+		for _, name := range names {
+			if arg == name {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (h *Hermes) Paths() []string {
 	configPath, err := hermesConfigPath()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -185,6 +317,10 @@ func (h *Hermes) installed() bool {
 }
 
 func (h *Hermes) ensureInstalled() error {
+	return h.ensureInstalledFor("hermes")
+}
+
+func (h *Hermes) ensureInstalledFor(command string) error {
 	if h.installed() {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -198,7 +334,7 @@ func (h *Hermes) ensureInstalled() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(missing) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Hermes is not installed and required dependencies are missing\n\nInstall the following first:\n  %s\n\nThen re-run:\n  ollama launch hermes", strings.Join(missing, "\n  "))
+		return fmt.Errorf("Hermes is not installed and required dependencies are missing\n\nInstall the following first:\n  %s\n\nThen re-run:\n  ollama launch %s", strings.Join(missing, "\n  "), command)
 	}
 
 	ok, err := ConfirmPrompt("Hermes is not installed. Install now?")
diff --git a/cmd/launch/hermes_test.go b/cmd/launch/hermes_test.go
index 4c6451951..162b81998 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/hermes_test.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/hermes_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -65,6 +66,20 @@ func clearHermesMessagingEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func clearHermesDesktopPackageEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	for _, key := range []string{"HERMES_INSTALL_DIR", "HERMES_HOME", "LOCALAPPDATA"} {
+		if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
+			t.Setenv(key, value)
+		} else {
+			t.Setenv(key, "")
+		}
+		if err := os.Unsetenv(key); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unset %s: %v", key, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHermesIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	h := &Hermes{}
 
@@ -565,6 +580,172 @@ func TestHermesRunPassthroughArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func writeHermesDesktopPackage(t *testing.T, home string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	writeHermesDesktopExecutable(t,
+		filepath.Join(home, ".hermes", "hermes-agent", "apps", "desktop", "release"),
+		hermesDesktopTestExecutableRelativePath(hermesGOOS),
+	)
+}
+
+func writeHermesDesktopExecutable(t *testing.T, releaseRoot, relative string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	path := filepath.Join(releaseRoot, relative)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func hermesDesktopTestExecutableRelativePath(goos string) string {
+	switch goos {
+	case "darwin":
+		return filepath.Join("mac-arm64", "Hermes.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "Hermes")
+	case "windows":
+		return filepath.Join("win-unpacked", "Hermes.exe")
+	default:
+		return filepath.Join("linux-unpacked", "hermes")
+	}
+}
+
+func writeHermesDesktopTestBinary(t *testing.T, dir string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	bin := filepath.Join(dir, "hermes")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(bin, []byte("#!/bin/sh\nprintf '[%s]\\n' \"$*\" >> \"$HOME/hermes-invocations.log\"\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func readHermesDesktopInvocations(t *testing.T, home string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(home, "hermes-invocations.log"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
+}
+
+func TestHermesDesktopRun(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("uses a POSIX shell test binary")
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		goos        string
+		args        []string
+		hasPackage  bool
+		clearPkgEnv bool
+		want        string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "desktop subcommand",
+			goos:        "darwin",
+			args:        []string{"--foreground"},
+			clearPkgEnv: true,
+			want:        "[desktop --foreground]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "skip build when packaged app exists",
+			goos:       runtime.GOOS,
+			args:       []string{"--cwd", "/tmp/project"},
+			hasPackage: true,
+			want:       "[desktop --skip-build --cwd /tmp/project]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "explicit skip build",
+			goos:       runtime.GOOS,
+			args:       []string{"--skip-build"},
+			hasPackage: true,
+			want:       "[desktop --skip-build]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "source mode",
+			goos:       runtime.GOOS,
+			args:       []string{"--source"},
+			hasPackage: true,
+			want:       "[desktop --source]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "build only",
+			goos:       runtime.GOOS,
+			args:       []string{"--build-only"},
+			hasPackage: true,
+			want:       "[desktop --build-only]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "help",
+			goos:       runtime.GOOS,
+			args:       []string{"--help"},
+			hasPackage: true,
+			want:       "[desktop --help]",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+			setTestHome(t, tmpDir)
+			withLauncherHooks(t)
+			withInteractiveSession(t, true)
+			withHermesPlatform(t, tt.goos)
+			clearHermesMessagingEnvVars(t)
+			if tt.clearPkgEnv {
+				clearHermesDesktopPackageEnvVars(t)
+			}
+			t.Setenv("PATH", tmpDir+string(os.PathListSeparator)+os.Getenv("PATH"))
+			if tt.hasPackage {
+				writeHermesDesktopPackage(t, tmpDir)
+			}
+			writeHermesDesktopTestBinary(t, tmpDir)
+
+			DefaultConfirmPrompt = func(prompt string, options ConfirmOptions) (bool, error) {
+				t.Fatalf("did not expect messaging prompt during desktop launch: %s", prompt)
+				return false, nil
+			}
+
+			if err := (&HermesDesktop{}).Run("", nil, tt.args); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Run returned error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if got := readHermesDesktopInvocations(t, tmpDir); got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", tt.want, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHermesDesktopRunUsesWindowsLocalAppDataPackage(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	setTestHome(t, tmpDir)
+	withHermesPlatform(t, "windows")
+	t.Setenv("LOCALAPPDATA", filepath.Join(tmpDir, "LocalAppData"))
+
+	writeHermesDesktopExecutable(t,
+		filepath.Join(tmpDir, "LocalAppData", "hermes", "hermes-agent", "apps", "desktop", "release"),
+		hermesDesktopTestExecutableRelativePath("windows"),
+	)
+
+	got := (&HermesDesktop{}).launchArgs([]string{"--cwd", `C:\Users\me\project`})
+	want := []string{"desktop", "--skip-build", "--cwd", `C:\Users\me\project`}
+	if diff := compareStrings(got, want); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Hermes Desktop launch args mismatch: %s", diff)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHermesDesktopReleaseRootsIncludeLinuxRootInstall(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	setTestHome(t, tmpDir)
+	withHermesPlatform(t, "linux")
+
+	got := hermesDesktopReleaseRoots()
+	want := filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "usr", "local", "lib", "hermes-agent", "apps", "desktop", "release")
+	if !slices.Contains(got, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected Linux root install release path %q in %v", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHermesRun_PromptsForMessagingSetupBeforeDefaultLaunch(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		t.Skip("uses a POSIX shell test binary")
diff --git a/cmd/launch/integrations_test.go b/cmd/launch/integrations_test.go
index 36c5b0aed..2779928d2 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/integrations_test.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/integrations_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func TestIntegrationLookup(t *testing.T) {
 		{"codex app", "codex-app", true, "Codex App"},
 		{"codex app desktop alias", "codex-desktop", true, "Codex App"},
 		{"codex app gui alias", "codex-gui", true, "Codex App"},
+		{"hermes desktop", "hermes-desktop", true, "Hermes Desktop"},
 		{"kimi", "kimi", true, "Kimi Code CLI"},
 		{"droid", "droid", true, "Droid"},
 		{"opencode", "opencode", true, "OpenCode"},
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func TestIntegrationLookup(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationRegistry(t *testing.T) {
-	expectedIntegrations := []string{"claude", "claude-desktop", "cline", "codex", "codex-app", "kimi", "droid", "opencode", "hermes", "pool"}
+	expectedIntegrations := []string{"claude", "claude-desktop", "cline", "codex", "codex-app", "kimi", "droid", "opencode", "hermes", "hermes-desktop", "pool"}
 	for _, name := range expectedIntegrations {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			r, ok := integrations[name]
@@ -1846,9 +1847,9 @@ func TestListIntegrationInfos(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, info := range infos {
 			got = append(got, info.Name)
 		}
-		wantPrefix := []string{"claude", "codex-app", "hermes", "openclaw"}
+		wantPrefix := []string{"claude", "codex-app", "hermes", "openclaw", "opencode", "hermes-desktop", "codex"}
 		if codexAppSupported() != nil {
-			wantPrefix = []string{"claude", "hermes", "openclaw", "opencode"}
+			wantPrefix = []string{"claude", "hermes", "openclaw", "opencode", "hermes-desktop", "codex"}
 		}
 		if len(got) < len(wantPrefix) {
 			t.Fatalf("expected at least %d integrations, got %v", len(wantPrefix), got)
@@ -1898,6 +1899,15 @@ func TestListIntegrationInfos(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected hermes to be included in ListIntegrationInfos")
 	})
 
+	t.Run("includes hermes desktop", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, info := range infos {
+			if info.Name == "hermes-desktop" {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		t.Fatal("expected hermes-desktop to be included in ListIntegrationInfos")
+	})
+
 	t.Run("hermes still resolves explicitly", func(t *testing.T) {
 		name, runner, err := LookupIntegration("hermes")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -2020,6 +2030,7 @@ func TestIntegration_AutoInstallable(t *testing.T) {
 		{"openclaw", true},
 		{"pi", true},
 		{"hermes", true},
+		{"hermes-desktop", true},
 		{"cline", true},
 		{"qwen", true},
 		{"claude", false},
diff --git a/cmd/launch/launch.go b/cmd/launch/launch.go
index 8d463b4dc..82c084e4e 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/launch.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/launch.go
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ Supported integrations:
   openclaw        OpenClaw (aliases: clawdbot, moltbot)
   opencode        OpenCode
   codex           Codex
+  hermes-desktop  Hermes Desktop
   copilot         Copilot CLI (aliases: copilot-cli)
   droid           Droid
   kimi            Kimi Code CLI
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ Examples:
   ollama launch codex-app
   ollama launch codex-app --restore
   ollama launch hermes
+  ollama launch hermes-desktop
   ollama launch droid --config (does not auto-launch)
   ollama launch codex --restore
   ollama launch codex -- --sandbox workspace-write`,
diff --git a/cmd/launch/registry.go b/cmd/launch/registry.go
index bf1a65234..143926128 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/registry.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/registry.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type IntegrationInfo struct {
 	Description string
 }
 
-var launcherIntegrationOrder = []string{"claude", "codex-app", "hermes", "openclaw", "opencode", "codex", "copilot", "cline", "droid", "pi", "pool", "qwen"}
+var launcherIntegrationOrder = []string{"claude", "codex-app", "hermes", "openclaw", "opencode", "hermes-desktop", "codex", "copilot", "cline", "droid", "pi", "pool", "qwen"}
 
 var integrationSpecs = []*IntegrationSpec{
 	{
@@ -220,6 +220,20 @@ var integrationSpecs = []*IntegrationSpec{
 			URL: "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/installation/",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Name:        "hermes-desktop",
+		Runner:      &HermesDesktop{},
+		Description: "Desktop app for Hermes Agent by Nous Research",
+		Install: IntegrationInstallSpec{
+			CheckInstalled: func() bool {
+				return (&Hermes{}).installed()
+			},
+			EnsureInstalled: func() error {
+				return (&Hermes{}).ensureInstalledFor("hermes-desktop")
+			},
+			URL: "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/installation/",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		Name:        "vscode",
 		Runner:      &VSCode{},