Reach your Hermes Agent from anywhere
Your phone needs a safe route to the computer running Hermes. These guides compare the options and walk through each one with Herald.
- Reach Hermes Agent from anywhere with TailscaleReach Hermes Agent from anywhere with Tailscale: npx herald-setup sets up Tailscale Serve, an HTTPS ts.net address and a dashboard password. Compare every option.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Use Hermes Agent through Cloudflare TunnelHerald can reach Hermes Agent through Cloudflare Tunnel with an HTTPS hostname and public_url, but it puts the password sign-in online. Setup steps and the risks.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Use Herald on the same Wi-Fi as Hermes AgentUse Herald on the same Wi-Fi as Hermes Agent: npx herald-setup picks your Wi-Fi address, keeps Hermes on 127.0.0.1 and opens one address while it runs.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Put Hermes Agent behind a reverse proxyPut Hermes Agent behind Caddy or nginx for Herald: HTTPS at the root of a hostname, WebSockets and Host passed through, and public_url set by npx herald-setup.Reviewed 20 October 2026
