# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker/self-hosted Honcho setup and documentation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members relate to using and documenting a Docker-based or self-hosted deployment of Honcho. They cover both practical usage questions and documentation additions for that configuration.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #2475. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #2475 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #2318: Using docker version of Honcho

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#2475: docs(honcho): add self-hosted / Docker configuration section**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `website/docs/user-guide/features/honcho.md`
  - fix hunks:
  - `website/docs/user-guide/features/honcho.md`

    ```diff
    @@ -25,6 +25,33 @@ Hermes has two memory systems that can work together or be configured separately
     Set `memoryMode` to `honcho` to use Honcho exclusively. See [Memory Modes](#memory-modes) for per-peer configuration.
     
     
    +## Self-hosted / Docker
    +
    +Hermes supports a local Honcho instance (e.g. via Docker) in addition to the hosted API. Point it at your instance using `HONCHO_BASE_URL` — no API key required.
    +
    +**Via `hermes config`:**
    +
    +```bash
    +hermes config set HONCHO_BASE_URL http://localhost:8000
    +```
    +
    +**Via `~/.honcho/config.json`:**
    +
    +```json
    +{
    +  "hosts": {
    +    "hermes": {
    +      "base_url": "http://localhost:8000",
    +      "enabled": true
    +    }
    +  }
    +}
    +```
    +
    +Hermes auto-enables Honcho when either `apiKey` or `base_url` is present, so no further configuration is needed for a local instance.
    +
    +To run Honcho locally, refer to the [Honcho self-hosting docs](https://docs.honcho.dev).
    +
     ## Setup
     
     ### Interactive Setup
    ```
- **#2419: docs(honcho): add self-hosted / Docker configuration section**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#2475`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #2475 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-22`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `docs`