hermes installs programs and configuration files for the command line. The setup is non-intrusive (it does not overwrite existing files by default) and mostly unopinionated. hermes is built for x86_64 and aarch64.

# Download the latest version of hermes and
# place hermes at ${HOME}/.local/bin/hermes
function download_hermes_latest() {
  local HERMES="${HOME}/.local/bin/hermes"
  local RELEASE_URI_BASE='https://github.com/georglauterbach/hermes/releases'
  local VERSION

  VERSION=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail --location \
    --write-out '%{url_effective}' --output /dev/null    \
    "${RELEASE_URI_BASE}/latest" | sed 's|.*/||')

  mkdir --parents "$(dirname "${HERMES}")"
  curl --silent --show-error --fail --location --output "${HERMES}" \
    "${RELEASE_URI_BASE}/download/${VERSION}/hermes-${VERSION}-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-musl"

  chmod +x "${HERMES}"
}

download_hermes_latest      # download hermes
"${HOME}/.local/bin/hermes" # execute hermes

You can find setup scripts that aid in setting up machines in data/scripts/. You might also want to run bat cache --build to initialize bat's theme cache.

You can find some personal configuration files in data/examples/.

hermes's command line setup focuses on Bash. Use source "${HOME}/.config/bash/90-hermes.sh" in ${HOME}/.bashrc to load the setup. To modify the setup, adjust ${HOME}/.config/bash/91-hermes_settings.sh.

hermes installs additional programs into ${HOME}/.local/bin/.

• Atuin
  • "magical" shell history using SQLite rather than a file
  • enabled with HERMES_INIT_ATUIN
  • CTRL+e (or up-arrow when HERMES_CONFIG_ATUIN_DISABLE_UP_ARROW=false) brings up the history
  • setting HERMES_CONFIG_ATUIN_DB_FILE changes the database file
• bat
  • cat with syntax highlighting and git integration
  • enabled with HERMES_INIT_BAT, override cat with HERMES_OVERRIDE_CAT_WITH_BAT
• ble.sh
  • command line editor written in pure Bash which replaces the default GNU Readline
  • enabled with HERMES_INIT_BLE_SH
• btop
  • a resource monitor
  • consider running sudo setcap cap_perfmon=+ep "$(command -v btop)" to set the perfmon capability for btop
• delta
  • syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, and blame output
  • override diff with HERMES_OVERRIDE_DIFF_WITH_DELTA
• dust
  • a more intuitive version of du
• dysk
  • get information on filesystems, like df, but better
• eza
  • fast, modern alternative to ls
  • override ls with HERMES_OVERRIDE_LS_WITH_EZA
• fd
  • fast, modern alternative to find
  • override find with HERMES_OVERRIDE_FIND_WITH_FD
• fzf
  • general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder
  • enabled with HERMES_INIT_FZF
• gitui
  • a fast, modern TUI for git
• jaq
  • a jq clone focussed on correctness, speed, and simplicity
  • override jq with HERMES_OVERRIDE_JQ_WITH_JAQ
• just
  • just a command runner
• ripgrep
  • fast, modern alternative to grep
  • override grep with HERMES_OVERRIDE_GREP_WITH_RIPGREP
• starship
  • minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell
  • enabled with HERMES_INIT_STARSHIP
• yazi
  • blazing fast terminal file manager
  • set/override y with HERMES_OVERRIDE_Y_WITH_YAZI
  • for optional extensions, take a look at the installation documentation
• zoxide
  • smarter cd command
  • enabled with HERMES_INIT_ZOXIDE, override cd with HERMES_OVERRIDE_CD_WITH_ZOXIDE
• zellij
  • terminal workspace with batteries included

The following programs are currently only available on x86_64:

• neovim
  • modern, fast and feature-rich editor