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SimpleX Chat

Connect Hermes to SimpleX, the messenger with no persistent user IDs.

After this videoYou can run your Hermes agent on the most private messenger available

SimpleX Chat is a decentralized messenger with no persistent user IDs. Hermes connects to a local simplex-chat daemon over a WebSocket. You install the daemon and the websockets package, point Hermes at ws://127.0.0.1:5225, and authorize contacts by allowlist or DM pairing. Group messages are off by default and attachments work both ways.

About these resources. This episode explains how to set up SimpleX Chat in Hermes. The Sources block names the Hermes docs page that backs every claim.

New words here · Plain English

one sentence each · full glossary

SimpleXA messaging app that uses no persistent user IDs, making it very private.

QueueA list of messages waiting to be processed, handled in order.

Sources · What this video distills

1 docs page · every command below traces to one of them

Primary guide

SimpleX Chat

Commands shown · Copy and paste

each shows the source doc it came from

Install the websockets dependencyfrom source ↗

pip install websockets

Start the simplex-chat daemonfrom source ↗

simplex-chat -p 5225

Configure SimpleX in Hermesfrom source ↗

hermes gateway setup

Going deeper · Related Hermes docs

further reading · not sources of facts shown above

Messaging Platforms overview

All messaging integrations at a glance.

Another privacy-focused messaging platform.

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