# Developer runs Hermes on an old Echo Dot in place of Alexa

> Original title: Unfuck your hardware with Hermes

- Source: Nous Research
- Published: 2026-11-05T20:48:55.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/d6opsoj2v6uqz90xxjcdrv1pg
- Original: https://x.com/NousResearch/status/2118445476320260559

## Summary

0xdippo says they built a Home Assistant integration that connects an old Echo Dot to a Hermes profile, with its memory and tools. The code, setup skill, and hardware recovery notes are published on GitHub.

## Post

Unfuck your hardware with Hermes

## Quoted post @0xdippo

> My old Echo Dot run Hermes now, instead of Alexa.
> 
> I built a Home Assistant integration that connects it to a Hermes profile, with its memory and tools.
> 
> Code, setup skill and the hardware recovery notes are public.
> 
> https://github.com/majorminorlabs/hermes-voice @NousResearch

https://x.com/0xdippo/status/2118355830882132184