# Nous Chat Nous Chat is [[Nous Research]]'s consumer chat interface; the ChatGPT-equivalent surface for the [[Hermes]] model line. It is the simplest way to interact with a Nous-trained model without going through the API, OpenRouter, or running weights locally. It sits at https://chat.nousresearch.com/ alongside the [[Nous Portal]] (developer / API access) and the [[Hermes Agent]] product line (agent harness). Three surfaces, one company, three audiences: - **Consumers** → Nous Chat. - **Developers / API consumers** → Nous Portal. - **Power users running an agent** → Hermes Agent. ## What it provides - Direct access to current Hermes model variants in a chat UI. - The shop window for Nous-trained behaviour; demonstrates Hermes's steerability and neutral-system-prompt characteristics in a way an API call does not. - Account-level usage that flows into the same Nous identity used by Portal. ## Why it matters Nous is one of the few open-weight-leaning labs that ships its own consumer surface rather than living entirely behind Hugging Face. That gives it a brand foothold with users who do not run weights locally, and a product anchor for marketing the rest of the ecosystem (Portal, Hermes Agent, Atropos). It is not a category leader on UX; ChatGPT and Claude.ai dominate. But for anyone who specifically wants a Hermes-driven chat or is testing Nous models before integrating, it is the right starting point. ## References - Site: https://chat.nousresearch.com/ - Nous Research: https://nousresearch.com/ ## Related - [[Nous Research]] - [[Hermes]] - [[Hermes Agent]] - [[Nous Portal]] - [[ChatGPT]]