Free Models on Nous Portal: MISSINGNO + Step 5 Preview and 11 Free Options

Nous Portal now offers multiple free models (no paid plan required), including the newly highlighted MISSINGNO (token-efficient coding/agentic reasoning) and Step 5 Preview (600B/27B MoE, 1M context, vision). Full free lineup includes LongCat, Solar Mini, Ling, Laguna, and others. Useful for everyday tasks while reserving paid credits for harder work.

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Dramatically lowers the barrier to serious Hermes usage. Builders can experiment with strong agentic models without immediate cost, accelerating skill and workflow development.

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ReleasesOct 27

GPT-6.1 Terra Available in Hermes Agent

Teknium announced GPT-6.1 Terra is now available in Hermes Agent via Nous Portal and OpenRouter. OpenAI positions Terra as fast, capable computer-use model at lower cost.

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ReleasesSep 24

Hermes Agent: Free Fast Web Search via Perplexity

Nous Research announced that web search in Hermes Agent is now fast and free. Perplexity built Fast Search specifically for agents (p50 latency 160 ms, p95 230 ms). It is the default for all Nous Portal subscribers across tiers—no separate API key or extra bill required.

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ReleasesNov 7

Hermes Agent v0.23.0 Ships Desktop-in-Browser, Unified Gateway, and More

Major release (Nov 5). Key highlights: full Desktop workspace served by the gateway in any browser tab (webapp.enabled); one gateway owns every conversation across CLI/TUI/Desktop/messaging/cron (fixes double-writes and missing messages); terminal image rendering; /Rewind; Group Chats with automatic routing; spend limits for paid tools; lighter/faster core (shared cache keys, faster LSP edits). Rolls up prior patch releases. ~10k commits, 666 contributors since v0.22.

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