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What you can do with Hermes Office

HermesOffice is a free, open-source AI Office suite for macOS, Windows, and Linux that opens and edits Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and Markdown files.

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4 use cases

  • Convert a PDF into an editable Word file on your own machine

    Turn a PDF into a .docx locally with no upload, including scanned pages on macOS and Windows.

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    Using the HermesOffice repo at github.com/criptogus/HermesOffice, convert <path to PDF> into an editable .docx file with the local PDF to Word conversion in HermesOffice PDF. Output the .docx path. Verify that the text on page 1 of the .docx matches page 1 of the source PDF.

  • Rewrite sections of a Word document with AI, using your own key

    Ask an AI agent to edit a .docx block by block, then review the diffs and snapshots before keeping them.

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    Using the HermesOffice repo at github.com/criptogus/HermesOffice, ask the document agent in HermesOffice Docs to revise <section name> of <path to .docx> to <desired change>. Output the revised .docx and the list of block-level diffs. Verify that paragraphs outside the requested section are unchanged.

  • Correct text in a PDF while keeping the original fonts

    Retype a paragraph inside an existing PDF without covering it with an annotation.

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    Using the HermesOffice repo at github.com/criptogus/HermesOffice, edit the paragraph containing <text to change> in <path to PDF> using the true text editing in HermesOffice PDF. Output the saved PDF path. Verify that the corrected text appears and that the original fonts are preserved on that page.

  • Build Hermes Office from source for an unsupported platform

    Compile the suite yourself when no published build exists for Intel Mac, Windows, or Linux.

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    Clone github.com/criptogus/HermesOffice, follow the Development section of its README to build the app for <platform>, and report the build command that succeeded and the path of the built shell. Verify that the built shell opens <path to a test .docx>.

How to use Hermes Office

  1. Check you have what it needs: A Mac with Apple Silicon running macOS 11 or later for the published download, or a build from source for Intel Mac, Windows, or Linux; An API key from a supported provider such as Claude, OpenAI, or Gemini, or a Genspark sign-in, only if you want the AI features.
  2. Open criptogus/HermesOffice on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Download the latest .dmg from the README download link for macOS Apple Silicon, or build from source on another platform.
  4. Open the app. On first launch, right-click the app and choose Open, or allow it under System Settings, Privacy & Security.
  5. Open the PDF in Hermes Office PDF.
  6. Run the PDF to Word conversion. For a scanned PDF on macOS or Windows, the system OCR reads the pages first.

These steps come from our top use case, Convert a PDF into an editable Word file on your own machine, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forOffice workers, students, and writers who need to edit documents locally, and developers who want to build an open-source office suite from source.
  • Why it is hot
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Requirements

  • A Mac with Apple Silicon running macOS 11 or later for the published download, or a build from source for Intel Mac, Windows, or Linux
  • An API key from a supported provider such as Claude, OpenAI, or Gemini, or a Genspark sign-in, only if you want the AI features
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Questions about Hermes Office

What is Hermes Office?

HermesOffice is a free, open-source AI Office suite for macOS, Windows, and Linux that opens and edits Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and Markdown files. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/criptogus/HermesOffice.

Who is Hermes Office for?

Office workers, students, and writers who need to edit documents locally, and developers who want to build an open-source office suite from source.

What can I do with Hermes Office?

4 use cases so far, for example: Convert a PDF into an editable Word file on your own machine; Rewrite sections of a Word document with AI, using your own key; Correct text in a PDF while keeping the original fonts. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Hermes Office?

A Mac with Apple Silicon running macOS 11 or later for the published download, or a build from source for Intel Mac, Windows, or Linux; An API key from a supported provider such as Claude, OpenAI, or Gemini, or a Genspark sign-in, only if you want the AI features.

What are alternatives to Hermes Office?

Other hot AI repos in Work and operations: AI Job Search, Solidcraft, Fastbrowse, Awesome AI Agent Platforms, Nautilo.

Is Hermes Office safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.