ekko-studio

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  <strong>Ekko Studio</strong>
  <a href="./README_zh.md">中文</a>
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<p align="center">
  A local-first AI workspace for multi-agent chat, coding, and visual workflows.<br/>
  Available as a desktop app and self-hosted web console, with support for<br/>
  <a href="https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent">Hermes Agent</a>, Ekko Agent, and 14 coding-agent integrations, including Claude Code and Codex.<br/>
  Bring conversations, group collaboration, voice, files, and devices together in one place.
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<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio/releases/latest">Download Ekko Studio Desktop</a>
  ·
  <a href="https://ekkostudio.xyz/#/docs/getting-started">Documentation</a>
  ·
  <code>npm install -g ekko-studio && ekko-studio-web start</code>
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  <img src="./docs/screenshots/overview/new-chat.png" alt="Ekko Studio new-chat page with the Agent carousel and shared composer" width="960"/>
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Ekko Studio was previously named Hermes Studio / Hermes Web UI. The GitHub
repository is `EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio`. The primary npm package is
`ekko-studio`, with the `ekko-studio-web` command. The legacy `hermes-web-ui`
package and command remain supported and receive the same releases.

## Screenshots

Captured from **v0.8.13** source on 2026-11-03, running locally with isolated data. The workflow is an example created in the UI and has not been run; Agent statuses reflect this machine. See [capture notes](./docs/screenshots/overview/README.md).

| Visual workflows | Agent Manager |
| --- | --- |
| [![Idle example workflow connecting Claude, Codex, and a review node with an approval gate](./docs/screenshots/overview/workflow.png)](./docs/screenshots/overview/workflow.png) | [![Agent Manager with all 16 built-in and coding-agent cards](./docs/screenshots/overview/agent-manager.png)](./docs/screenshots/overview/agent-manager.png) |
| Connect agent steps and add a human approval gate; this example is not running. | Manage Agent installations, settings, and updates in one place. |

## Core Capabilities

| Area | What Ekko Studio does |
| --- | --- |
| Multi-agent runtime | Connects the agents listed below with streaming responses, tool traces, generated-file previews, persistent sessions, and standalone desktop chat windows. |
| Studio workspace | Provides shared chats, group chat, global-agent runs, workflows, files, voice, media, devices, themes, logs, usage, and App connec