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Hermes is a fast, keyboard-first terminal agent. Out of the box it works great, but the real fun starts when you customize how it looks and what it can do. The Hermes skins and Hermes agent skills on hermesskins.io let you change the terminal's personality and teach it new tricks.

If you are new to Hermes CLI themes, this short guide highlights six community items worth installing first. Each one is live on the marketplace and links directly to its install page.

A quick note on Hermes skins vs. skills

• Skins change the visual style of the terminal: colors, borders, fonts, and ASCII banners.
• Skills add capabilities, like querying Notion or delegating coding work to another tool.

Both install through Hermes and can be mixed together. A skin sets the mood; a skill extends what you can ask the agent to do.

Six Hermes skins and skills to start with

1. Catppuccin

A soft pastel theme on a warm dark base, complete with an ASCII cat banner. If you spend long hours in the terminal, this is one of the easiest Hermes skins on the eyes. It is a good default before you decide whether you want something brighter or more retro.

2. DOS

The DOS skin is a love letter to MS-DOS and Norton Commander: cyan dual panes, yellow F-key shortcuts, and blocky terminal energy. It is a perfect Hermes CLI theme for anyone who misses the look of classic PC software.

3. Bubblegum '80s

For a more neon-forward look, Bubblegum '80s uses bright pastels and fluorescent accents. It turns the Hermes terminal into something closer to a synth-wave album cover. Pair it with a dark room and lo-fi playlist.

4. Empire

The Empire skin is a Galactic Empire terminal: deep space black, canon reds, Death Star firing controls, and hologram-blue highlights. It is one of the most detailed Hermes skins for sci-fi fans.

5. Notion skill

Skins change how Hermes looks; skills change what it can do. The Notion skill lets your Hermes agent read and write Notion pages, query databases, and export markdown. It is a practical Hermes agent skill if your notes and tasks already live in Notion.

6. Claude Code skill

The Claude Code skill delegates coding tasks from Hermes to the Claude Code CLI. If you want a coding assistant inside your existing terminal workflow without leaving the keyboard, this Hermes agent skill is a clean way to bridge the two tools.

How to install a Hermes skin or skill

1. Visit the item page on hermesskins.io.
2. Copy the install command or download link shown on the page.
3. Run it inside Hermes and restart or reload the agent.

Most Hermes CLI themes install in seconds, and you can switch between them by reinstalling a different skin.

Where to find more Hermes CLI themes and skills

The catalog at hermesskins.io is updated as the community uploads new items. You can browse by category or search for a specific look or integration. If you build your own Hermes skin or skill, the site also accepts uploads so others can find it.

Related reads

• Browse all live Hermes skins and skills
• What is Hermes? — the terminal agent that powers these customizations
• Submit your own Hermes skin or skill

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Hermes skins change how the agent looks; Hermes skills change what it can do. A skill is an on-demand knowledge document that teaches Hermes how to handle a specific task — run a code review, query a database, delegate work to another CLI, or search your notes. Once installed, a skill becomes a slash command you can invoke inside any Hermes conversation.

This guide walks through finding, installing, and using Hermes agent skills. If you already know you want to browse the catalog first, start at hermesskins.io/skills.

What a Hermes skill actually is

Skills live under:

~/.hermes/skills/<name>/

Each skill contains a SKILL.md file (and sometimes helper files) that describes:

• What the skill does and when to use it.
• Which slash commands it exposes.
• What inputs it expects and what outputs it returns.
• Any external tools, APIs, or environment variables it needs.

Skins change look; skills change behavior. You can have dozens of skills installed and only invoke the one you need for a given task.

Discover skills

Hermes comes with a built-in skill browser. Run:

/hermes skills browse

Use the arrow keys to preview skills, then press Enter to see details. To search by keyword:

/hermes skills search <query>

You can also find skills in a few community sources:

• The official Hermes skills catalog (linked from the official docs).
• The community skill index at skills.sh.
• GitHub repos like itgoyo/hermes-skills.
• Direct URLs shared by other Hermes users.

A good skill has a clear SKILL.md, examples, and a narrow scope. Avoid skills that ask for broad permissions without explaining why.

Install a skill

From the official catalog

hermes skills install official/research/arxiv

This installs the ArXiv research skill and makes commands like /arxiv recent diffusion model papers available.

From skills.sh

hermes skills install skills-sh/vercel-labs/agent-skills/json-render-react

From GitHub

hermes skills install openai/skills/k8s

From a direct URL

hermes skills install https://example.com/SKILL.md --name my-skill

In-chat shortcut

Inside Hermes, you can also type:

/skills install official/creative/songwriting-and-ai-music

The install command downloads the skill files into ~/.hermes/skills/<name>/ and registers any slash commands.

Verify and manage skills

List installed skills:

hermes skills list

Inspect a skill before using it:

hermes skills inspect <skill>

Update a skill to its latest version:

hermes skills update <skill>

Remove a skill you no longer need:

hermes skills uninstall <skill>

Use a skill

Installed skills become slash commands. For example, after installing the ArXiv skill:

/arxiv recent diffusion model papers

Hermes can also auto-load skills via skill_view when you ask naturally. If you say "search my Obsidian notes for the meeting summary," Hermes may invoke the Obsidian skill automatically if it is installed.

Concrete examples

• Research: /arxiv recent papers on retrieval augmented generation
• Coding workflow: /claude-code add error handling to src/utils.py
• Project management: /notion create a task named 'Deploy v2' in Engineering
• Web design reference: /popular-web-designs show Stripe's pricing page

Each skill defines its own commands, so run hermes skills inspect <skill> to see the exact syntax.

Browse and share skills on hermesskins.io

The marketplace is the easiest place to discover community skills and share your own.

• Browse live skills at hermesskins.io/skills.
• Browse matching skins at hermesskins.io/skins.
• Upload your own skill or skin at hermesskins.io/upload.
• Read the other guide: How to Create a Custom Hermes Skin.

Some of the most useful skills already listed include:

• Claude Code — delegate coding tasks to the Claude Code CLI.
• Popular Web Designs — reference 54 real design systems as HTML/CSS.
• LLM Wiki — build and query an interlinked markdown knowledge base.
• Requesting Code Review — run pre-commit security scans and quality gates.
• Obsidian — read, search, create, and edit notes in your Obsidian vault.
• Notion — manage Notion pages and databases from the terminal.

If you built a skill, upload it as a single folder or archive containing a clear SKILL.md. Keep it legal and value-adding — only upload skills you have permission to share.

Quick reference cheatsheet

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | hermes skills browse | Open the interactive skill browser. | | hermes skills search <query> | Search installed and remote skills. | | hermes skills install <source> | Install a skill from catalog, GitHub, or URL. | | hermes skills inspect <skill> | Show a skill's commands and requirements. | | hermes skills list | List installed skills. | | hermes skills update <skill> | Update a skill to its latest version. | | hermes skills uninstall <skill> | Remove a skill. | | /<skill-command> | Invoke a skill inside Hermes. |

For the complete and up-to-date command reference, see the official Hermes skills docs and the working with skills guide.

Related reads

• Browse all Hermes agent skills
• Browse all Hermes skins
• How to Create a Custom Hermes Skin
• Submit your own Hermes skin or skill
• Official Hermes skills docs
• Working with skills guide
• Community skill pack on GitHub

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Last updated: 2026-07-03. Skill commands verified against the official Hermes skills documentation and community examples.

Hermes ships with a few built-in looks, but the real variety lives in the community. A Hermes skin is just a YAML theme file that changes your terminal agent's colors, banner art, spinner text, and prompt labels. Installing one takes under a minute: download a .yaml file, drop it into the right folder, and switch to it.

This guide covers every way to install a Hermes skin, from the built-in themes to manual installs, the visual editor, and where to find the best community skins.

What a Hermes skin is (and why install one)

A skin is a purely visual layer. It does not change how Hermes reasons, which tools it can call, or what it knows — it only changes how the interface looks. Inside a skin file you can set:

• Colors for the banner, response box, status bar, prompts, and menus.
• ASCII/Unicode banners shown at startup and in the header.
• Spinner faces and verbs while the agent is thinking.
• Branding text like the agent name, welcome message, and prompt symbol.
• Tool emojis that appear next to tool calls.

If you want to change behavior instead of appearance, you want Hermes agent skills. For visuals, skins are the way.

Try the built-in skins first

Hermes includes a handful of built-in skins so you can see the effect immediately. Open Hermes and run:

/skin

This lists every available skin and shows which one is active. Switch to a built-in theme for the current session only:

/skin ares
/skin mono
/skin slate
/skin daylight

These changes are session-only. To make a skin the default across restarts, edit ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

display:
  skin: ares

Find and download community skins

The fastest place to browse community skins is the marketplace at hermesskins.io/skins. Each listing includes a preview and a downloadable .yaml file.

Other good sources:

• joeynyc/hermes-skins on GitHub — a curated community pack.
• Hermes Atlas listing — project page with links and context.

Popular community skins worth trying:

• Catppuccin — soft pastel theme with a full color palette.
• Neonwave — synthwave neon pinks and cyans.
• Pirate — simple black-and-white look.
• DOS — retro cyan-on-black terminal style.
• Bubblegum '80s — bright pastels and fluorescent accents.
• Empire — detailed sci-fi theme with deep space colors.

Download any .yaml file and move on to the install step.

Install a skin manually

Manual install is the most direct method and works with any skin file.

1. Create the skins directory if it does not exist:

   mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skins
   

2. Copy or move the downloaded .yaml file into the folder:

   cp ~/Downloads/catppuccin.yaml ~/.hermes/skins/
   

3. Inside Hermes, activate it for the current session:

   /skin catppuccin
   

4. To make it permanent, add the skin name to ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

   display:
     skin: catppuccin
   

Hermes falls back to the built-in default skin if the file is missing or cannot be parsed, so experimenting is safe. Any keys you leave out in a custom skin also inherit from default, so even a partial YAML file works.

Install skins with Hermes Mod (visual editor)

If you prefer a point-and-click interface, the community project hermes-mod provides a web UI for creating, editing, and saving skins without hand-writing YAML.

Run it with npx:

npx -y hermes-mod

Other install options include the Pinokio one-click installer or a manual git clone from the hermes-mod repo.

Once open, use the Skin Studio to pick a starting theme, adjust colors and banners, and save the result to ~/.hermes/skins/. Then activate it inside Hermes with /skin <name>. It is optional, but useful for previewing changes before you commit to a file.

Verify and manage installed skins

Use these commands to inspect and clean up your skins:

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /skin | List available skins and show the current one. | | /skin <name> | Switch to a skin for the current session. | | ~/.hermes/skins/<name>.yaml | The file that defines a skin. | | ~/.hermes/config.yaml | Where you set the permanent default skin under display.skin. | | npx -y hermes-mod | Launch the visual editor. |

To remove a skin, delete its .yaml file from ~/.hermes/skins/. If you delete the active skin, Hermes will fall back to default on the next restart.

If a skin does not look right, check that:

• The YAML indentation is valid.
• Every color value starts with #.
• The filename matches the name: field inside the YAML.

Want to make your own skin?

Installing skins is the fastest way to see what is possible. Once you are ready to customize, see the companion guide:

• How to Create a Custom Hermes Skin (Step-by-Step YAML Guide)

It walks through the YAML structure, the most useful keys, and a minimal working example you can edit.

Browse and share skins on hermesskins.io

The marketplace is the easiest place to discover community skins and share your own.

• Browse 30+ live skins at hermesskins.io/skins.
• Upload your own skin as a single .yaml file at hermesskins.io/upload.
• If you also built a skill, list it at hermesskins.io/skills.

A good skin submission includes a clear name, a one-line description, and a preview image if you have one. Keep it legal and value-adding — only upload skins you have permission to share.

Quick-reference cheatsheet

# Switch skins
/skin                # list skins
/skin <name>         # activate for this session

# Permanent default
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
display:
  skin: <name>

# Skin storage
~/.hermes/skins/<name>.yaml

# Visual editor
npx -y hermes-mod

For the complete schema, refer to the official Hermes skins documentation.

Related reads

• Browse all Hermes skins
• Browse all Hermes agent skills
• How to Create a Custom Hermes Skin
• How to Install and Use Hermes Agent Skills
• The Best Hermes Skins and Skills to Try First
• Submit your own Hermes skin or skill
• Official Hermes skin docs
• Community skin pack on GitHub

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Last updated: 2026-07-03. Skin install steps verified against the official Hermes skins documentation and community examples.

Hermes ships with a handful of built-in looks, but the real fun starts when you design your own. A custom Hermes skin is just a YAML file that tweaks colors, banners, spinner art, and tool emojis. You do not need to write code or rebuild Hermes — you just drop a file into the right folder and switch to it.

This guide walks through making your first Hermes CLI theme from scratch. If you would rather start with something ready-made, browse the live skins on hermesskins.io/skins first.

What a Hermes skin actually controls

Skins only change appearance, not behavior. Inside a skin YAML file you can set:

• Colors for the banner, response box, status bar, prompts, and menus.
• ASCII/Unicode banners shown at startup and in the header.
• Spinner faces and verbs while the agent is thinking.
• Branding text like the agent name, welcome message, and prompt symbol.
• Tool emojis that appear next to tool calls.

Everything else — how Hermes reasons, which tools it can use, and how it answers — stays the same. Think of a skin as a coat of paint over the same engine.

Where Hermes stores skins

Custom skins live in:

~/.hermes/skins/<name>.yaml

Hermes also comes with built-in skins. You can list and preview the current skin at any time by typing:

/skin

To try a skin for the current session only, run:

/skin mytheme

To make it permanent, edit ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

display:
  skin: mytheme

A minimal working skin YAML

Create a file at ~/.hermes/skins/cyberminimal.yaml with the contents below. Any keys you leave out inherit from the default skin, so this is enough to see a real change.

name: cyberminimal
description: A minimal dark cyber theme for learning Hermes skin YAML

colors:
  banner_border: "#00ff9d"
  banner_title:  "#00ff9d"
  banner_accent: "#ff00ff"
  banner_dim:    "#555555"
  banner_text:   "#e0e0e0"
  ui_accent:     "#00ff9d"
  ui_label:      "#ff00ff"
  ui_ok:         "#00ff9d"
  ui_error:      "#ff4444"
  ui_warn:       "#ffaa00"
  prompt:        "#e0e0e0"
  input_rule:    "#333333"
  response_border: "#00ff9d"
  status_bar_bg:       "#111111"
  status_bar_text:     "#e0e0e0"
  status_bar_strong:   "#00ff9d"
  status_bar_dim:      "#555555"
  status_bar_good:     "#00ff9d"
  status_bar_warn:     "#ffaa00"
  status_bar_bad:      "#ff4444"
  status_bar_critical: "#ff0000"
  voice_status_bg:                "#111111"
  completion_menu_bg:             "#1a1a1a"
  completion_menu_current_bg:     "#333333"
  completion_menu_meta_bg:        "#111111"
  completion_menu_meta_current_bg: "#444444"
  session_label:  "#ff00ff"
  session_border: "#333333"

branding:
  agent_name: "Cyberminimal Agent"
  welcome: "System online. Type a message or /help for commands."
  goodbye: "Session closed."
  response_label: " Cyberminimal "
  prompt_symbol: "> "
  help_header: "Cyberminimal Commands"

spinner:
  waiting_faces:
    - "(◈)"
    - "(◇)"
    - "(◈)"
  thinking_faces:
    - "(◐)"
    - "(◓)"
    - "(◑)"
    - "(◒)"
  thinking_verbs:
    - "compiling style"
    - "rendering pixels"
    - "tuning palette"
  wings:
    - ["⟪", "⟫"]
    - ["‹", "›"]

tool_prefix: "│"

tool_emojis:
  terminal: "◈"
  web_search: "◎"
  web_fetch: "◉"
  read_file: "◐"
  write_file: "◑"
  patch: "◒"
  search_files: "◓"
  execute_code: "⌁"
  browser_navigate: "▸"
  delegate_task: "⇄"
  mixture_of_agents: "∞"
  memory: "◍"
  clarify: "?"
  cronjob: "↻"
  process: "⚙"
  todo: "☐"
  skill_view: "◈"
  skills_list: "◈"
  text_to_speech: "◉"
  vision_analyze: "◐"

banner_logo: |
  [#00ff9d]┌─────────────────────────────────────┐[/]
  [#00ff9d]│  C Y B E R M I N I M A L   A G E N T │[/]
  [#555555]└─────────────────────────────────────┘[/]

banner_hero: |
  [#ff00ff]    _  _ ____ ____ _  _ ____ _  _ ___[/]
  [#ff00ff]    |__| |__| [__  |__| |___ |  |  | [/]
  [#00ff9d]    |  | |  | ___] |  | |___ |__|  | [/]
  [#555555]         minimal theme loaded          [/]

Save the file, then run /skin cyberminimal inside Hermes. You should immediately see the new colors and banner.

The most useful keys to customize

You do not need to memorize every key. Start with these high-impact ones, then add detail later.

| Key group | What it changes | |-----------|-----------------| | colors.banner_* | The top banner border, title, accents, dim text, and body text. | | colors.ui_* | Accent color, labels, success/error/warning indicators. | | colors.prompt and colors.input_rule | The prompt text and the horizontal rule under it. | | colors.response_border | Border around the agent's response box. | | colors.status_bar_* | The bottom status bar background, text, and state colors. | | branding.agent_name | The name shown in the banner and status bar. | | branding.welcome / branding.goodbye | Greeting and farewell strings. | | branding.response_label | Label on the agent's response box. | | branding.prompt_symbol | The character(s) before your input. | | spinner.waiting_faces / thinking_faces | Animated faces while waiting or thinking. | | spinner.thinking_verbs | Phrases shown while the agent is working. | | banner_logo / banner_hero | Large ASCII/Unicode art shown at startup. |

For the complete schema, refer to the official Hermes skins documentation.

Install and activate your skin

1. Save your YAML file to ~/.hermes/skins/<name>.yaml.
2. Inside Hermes, run /skin <name> to try it immediately.
3. To keep it across restarts, add this to ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

display:
  skin: <name>

If something looks wrong, check the YAML indentation and make sure every color starts with #. Hermes will fall back to the default skin if the file cannot be parsed.

Study existing skins for inspiration

The fastest way to level up is to look at skins other people have built. Each item page on hermesskins.io links to a downloadable YAML file you can open and adapt.

• Catppuccin — a soft pastel theme with a full color palette and custom spinner art.
• Neonwave — a synthwave look with neon pinks and cyans.
• Pirate — a simple black-and-white theme, good for understanding a minimal skin.
• DOS — a retro cyan-on-black terminal style.
• Bubblegum '80s — bright pastels and fluorescent accents.
• Empire — a detailed sci-fi theme with deep space colors.

Open any of these in a text editor, change a few hex colors, and save it under a new name. You will learn the structure faster by editing a working file than by starting from a blank page.

Prefer a visual editor?

If YAML is not your thing, the community project hermes-mod provides a web UI for tweaking skin values. You can run it with:

npx -y hermes-mod

It is optional, but useful for previewing color changes before you copy the YAML into ~/.hermes/skins/.

Share your skin with the community

Once you have a skin you like, you can share it so other Hermes users can install it in one step. The marketplace accepts a single .yaml file.

• Upload your skin at hermesskins.io/upload.
• Browse what is already live at hermesskins.io/skins.
• If you also built a skill, list it at hermesskins.io/skills.

A good skin submission includes a clear name, a one-line description, and a preview image if you have one. Keep it legal and value-adding — only upload skins you have permission to share.

Quick reference cheatsheet

# ~/.hermes/skins/mytheme.yaml
name: mytheme
description: One-line description shown in listings

colors:
  banner_border: "#hex"
  banner_title:  "#hex"
  banner_accent: "#hex"
  banner_dim:    "#hex"
  banner_text:   "#hex"
  ui_accent:     "#hex"
  ui_label:      "#hex"
  ui_ok:         "#hex"
  ui_error:      "#hex"
  ui_warn:       "#hex"
  prompt:        "#hex"
  input_rule:    "#hex"
  response_border: "#hex"

branding:
  agent_name: "My Agent"
  welcome: "Hello."
  goodbye: "Goodbye."
  response_label: " My "
  prompt_symbol: "❯ "
  help_header: "Commands"

spinner:
  waiting_faces: ["(◈)", "(◇)"]
  thinking_faces: ["(◐)", "(◓)"]
  thinking_verbs: ["thinking..."]

Related reads

• Browse all Hermes skins
• Browse all Hermes agent skills
• The Best Hermes Skins and Skills to Try First
• Submit your own Hermes skin or skill
• Official Hermes skin docs
• Community skin pack on GitHub

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Last updated: 2026-07-03. Skin syntax verified against Hermes skins documentation and community examples.

Most Hermes users live in the terminal for hours at a time, so a comfortable dark theme is not just an aesthetic choice — it is an endurance upgrade. The good news is that the Hermes skin engine makes switching themes trivial, and the community has built dozens of dark Hermes skins ranging from soft pastels to neon cyberpunk.

This post curates ten of the best dark mode skins on hermesskins.io. Every skin here is available now, free to install, and works with a single /skin <name> command inside Hermes.

How to preview a skin instantly

Each skin below can be activated for the current Hermes session by running:

/skin <name>

If you want to make a skin your default across restarts, add it to ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

display:
  skin: <name>

For a deeper walkthrough, see How to Install Hermes Skins.

Ten dark Hermes skins worth trying

1. Catppuccin

Catppuccin is the gentlest entry point for dark Hermes skins. It pairs mauve, pink, peach, and lavender pastels on a warm dark base, with a small ASCII cat tucked into the banner. It is easy on the eyes during long sessions and still colorful enough that the interface never feels flat.

/skin catppuccin

2. Pirate

Pirate is a high-contrast black-and-white theme with pirate-flag ASCII art and a "no quarter given" attitude. It is the closest thing to a monochrome coding theme in the Hermes skin catalog, and it works well if you want the interface to stay out of your way.

/skin pirate

3. Empire

Empire turns Hermes into a Galactic Empire terminal: deep space black, canon reds, Death Star firing controls, and hologram-blue accents. If you want your agent to look like it is running on a Star Destroyer, this is the most detailed sci-fi skin available.

/skin empire

4. Neonwave

Neonwave is pure synthwave energy: hot pink and electric cyan on void purple, with a perspective-grid horizon rendered in braille art. It is the right pick when you want the terminal to feel closer to an album cover than a system prompt.

/skin neonwave

5. Netrunner

Netrunner is a cyberpunk hacker aesthetic built around cyan ICE-breaking colors, a skull braille-art piece, and neural-cable detailing. It is brighter than Empire but still firmly dark, and the cyan accents make status text easy to scan.

/skin netrunner

6. Vault-Tec

Vault-Tec mimics a Fallout terminal: green phosphor CRT on black with chunky ASCII branding. It is a nostalgic green-on-dark option that feels like booting into an old mainframe, and it keeps the color palette minimal so fatigue stays low.

/skin vault-tec

7. Skynet

Skynet is a menacing red-on-black military-AI theme with pyramid braille art. It is less playful than Empire and more ominous than Neonwave — a good fit if you prefer your terminal to look slightly dangerous.

/skin skynet

8. Lain

Lain is a Serial Experiments Lain-inspired digital-consciousness theme: hot pink on black with NAVI computer braille art and a Wired-protocol vibe. It is one of the more stylized dark Hermes skins, and it stands out without becoming unreadable.

/skin lain

9. Mother

Mother channels the Weyland-Yutani MU-TH-UR 6000: amber CRT phosphor, a HAL 9000 red eye, and terse corporate-AI energy. It is a warm dark theme rather than a cold one, which can feel easier on the eyes late at night.

/skin mother

10. Cyberpunk Anonymous

Cyberpunk Anonymous is the newest voice in the list: Matrix green, signal magenta, and surveillance-void black with a mask motif. It is loud, opinionated, and a strong choice if you want your terminal to look like it belongs in a dystopian net-cafe.

/skin cyberpunk-anonymous

Quick-reference command list

| Skin | Command | Best for | |------|---------|----------| | Catppuccin | /skin catppuccin | Soft pastel dark mode | | Pirate | /skin pirate | High-contrast monochrome | | Empire | /skin empire | Sci-fi / Star Wars fans | | Neonwave | /skin neonwave | Synthwave neon colors | | Netrunner | /skin netrunner | Cyberpunk cyan accents | | Vault-Tec | /skin vault-tec | Green CRT nostalgia | | Skynet | /skin skynet | Menacing red-on-black | | Lain | /skin lain | Wired / anime aesthetic | | Mother | /skin mother | Amber corporate terminal | | Cyberpunk Anonymous | /skin cyberpunk-anonymous | Matrix green + magenta |

How to create your own dark Hermes skin

If none of these quite match your setup, Hermes makes it easy to build a custom skin. You only need a YAML file with your colors, banners, and spinner art. The How to Create a Custom Hermes Skin guide walks through the file format with a minimal working example.

You can also start from any skin on this list: each item page links to a downloadable .yaml file you can open and edit.

Browse more Hermes skins and skills

This list focuses on dark mode, but the marketplace has lighter themes too, plus installable Hermes agent skills that extend what the agent can do.

• Browse all Hermes skins
• Browse all Hermes agent skills
• Upload your own Hermes skin or skill
• How to Install Hermes Skins
• How to Create a Custom Hermes Skin
• How to Install and Use Hermes Agent Skills

Support the marketplace

Hermes Skins is indie and community-funded. If a skin here made your terminal more pleasant to live in, consider leaving a tip at hermesskins.io/support. Tips keep the servers humming and new skins shipping.

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Last updated: 2026-07-03. All ten skins are live on hermesskins.io and tagged as dark mode by their creators.