# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS launcher installer for Hermes desktop app

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #42106: Add macOS Spotlight/Desktop launcher installer for Hermes Desktop
- PR #42112: feat(desktop): add macOS launcher install support
- PR #42115: feat(desktop): add macOS Spotlight launcher installer

These items relate to adding and refining a macOS installer that sets up a Spotlight-compatible launcher for a desktop application called Hermes. Work includes naming, packaging, and installation support for the desktop app.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #42106: Add macOS Spotlight/Desktop launcher installer for Hermes Desktop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42112: feat(desktop): add macOS launcher install support**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#42115`, `#42112`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.cjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/single-instance.cjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/single-instance.test.cjs`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gui.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gui_command.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#42115: feat(desktop): add macOS Spotlight launcher installer**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gui.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gui_launcher.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_launcher.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`