# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Adding Persian/Farsi RTL locale support

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #76854: Add Persian (Farsi) locale to Hermes Desktop
- PR #97522: feat(i18n): add Persian UI with RTL and Vazirmatn

These issues and pull requests all concern adding Persian (Farsi/fa) locale with right-to-left text direction and Vazirmatn font to the desktop and dashboard interfaces. The work spans both UI internationalization and RTL layout considerations.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76854: Add Persian (Farsi) locale to Hermes Desktop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86335: feat(i18n): add Persian (fa) locale with RTL — desktop + dashboard**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70870`
- **#97522: feat(i18n): add Persian UI with RTL and Vazirmatn**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `01382698fc32`, `c0de956dc4d4`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/fonts/Vazirmatn-Variable.woff2`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/catalog.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/context.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/define-locale.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fa-current.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fa-current.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fa.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/languages.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/languages.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/styles.css`, `apps/shared/src/i18n.ts`, `assets/licenses/Vazirmatn-NOTICE.md`, `assets/licenses/Vazirmatn-OFL.txt`, `web/src/App.tsx`, `web/src/components/ChatSessionList.tsx`, `web/src/components/ChatSidebar.tsx`, `web/src/components/LanguageSwitcher.tsx`, `web/src/components/Markdown.tsx`, `web/src/components/ModelPickerDialog.tsx` (+27 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `locales`