"""Hermes Agent Uninstaller.""" import os import shutil import subprocess import sys from pathlib import Path from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home from hermes_cli.colors import Colors, color def _logger(mark: str, col: str): return lambda msg: print(f"{color(mark, col)} {msg}") log_info = _logger("→", Colors.CYAN) log_success = _logger("✓", Colors.GREEN) log_warn = _logger("⚠", Colors.YELLOW) def _print_box(middle: str, col: str) -> None: """Print the 3-line framed heading used by the uninstall screens.""" print(color("┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐", col, Colors.BOLD)) print(color(middle, col, Colors.BOLD)) print(color("└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘", col, Colors.BOLD)) def _prompt(text: str): """``input(text).strip().lower()``; None (after printing "Cancelled.") on Ctrl-C/EOF.""" try: return input(text).strip().lower() except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError): print() print("Cancelled.") return None def _cancelled() -> None: print() print("Uninstall cancelled.") def _confirm_yes(text: str) -> bool: """Ask the user to type ``yes``; False (after the cancel line, unless Ctrl-C/EOF) otherwise.""" confirm = _prompt(f"Type '{color('yes', Colors.YELLOW)}' {text}: ") if confirm == "yes": return True if confirm is not None: _cancelled() return False def _remove_each(candidates, remove) -> list: """Run ``remove(path)`` for each candidate; collect those it reports removed (truthy). Failures are downgraded to the shared ``Could not remove : `` warning. """ removed = [] for path in candidates: try: if remove(path): removed.append(path) except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not remove {path}: {e}") return removed def get_project_root() -> Path: """Get the project installation directory.""" return Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve() _SHELL_RC_NAMES = (".bashrc", ".bash_profile", ".profile", ".zshrc", ".zprofile") def _strip_hermes_path_lines(content: str) -> str: """Drop the ``# Hermes Agent`` marker (+ its PATH line) and any hermes PATH line; squash blank runs.""" new_lines = [] skip_next = False for line in content.split('\n'): if '# Hermes Agent' in line or '# hermes-agent' in line: skip_next = True continue if skip_next and ('hermes' in line.lower() and 'PATH' in line): skip_next = False continue skip_next = False if 'hermes' in line.lower() and ('PATH=' in line or 'path=' in line.lower()): continue new_lines.append(line) new_content = '\n'.join(new_lines) while '\n\n\n' in new_content: new_content = new_content.replace('\n\n\n', '\n\n') return new_content def remove_path_from_shell_configs(): """Remove Hermes PATH entries from shell configuration files.""" home = Path.home() removed_from = [] for config_path in (c for c in (home / n for n in _SHELL_RC_NAMES) if c.exists()): try: content = config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8") new_content = _strip_hermes_path_lines(content) if new_content != content: from utils import atomic_write_text # This is the user's own shell rc, not a Hermes-owned file, and nothing here backs # it up. A bare write_text() truncates it before the new content lands, so a crash # or SIGINT mid-write leaves an empty/truncated ~/.zshrc -- and the enclosing # `except Exception` downgrades that to a warning, so the next login just starts a # bare shell. atomic_replace also resolves a symlinked rc file (dotfiles repos keep # the symlink). preserve_mode keeps the rc's permission bits (normally 0644) and # owner (sudo-run uninstalls) instead of mkstemp's 0600/root. atomic_write_text(config_path, new_content, preserve_mode=True) removed_from.append(config_path) except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not update {config_path}: {e}") return removed_from def remove_wrapper_script(): """Remove the hermes wrapper script if it exists.""" def _unlink_ours(wrapper: Path) -> bool: # Check if it's our wrapper (contains hermes_cli reference) content = wrapper.read_text(encoding="utf-8") if 'hermes_cli' in content or 'hermes-agent' in content: wrapper.unlink() return True return False candidates = ( bin_dir / name for bin_dir in (Path.home() / ".local" / "bin", Path("/usr/local/bin")) for name in ("hermes", "hermes-acp", "hermes-agent") ) return _remove_each((w for w in candidates if w.exists()), _unlink_ours) def _node_symlink_candidate_dirs() -> "list[Path]": """Directories where the installer may have placed node/npm/npx symlinks.""" dirs: list[Path] = [Path.home() / ".local" / "bin"] if sys.platform == "linux": # root FHS installs put links in /usr/local/bin dirs.append(Path("/usr/local/bin")) prefix = os.environ.get("PREFIX", "") if "com.termux" in prefix: # Termux installs put links in $PREFIX/bin dirs.append(Path(prefix) / "bin") return dirs def remove_node_symlinks(hermes_home: Path) -> list: """Remove the node/npm/npx symlinks the installer placed on PATH. - ``/usr/local/bin/`` on root FHS installs (Linux, uid 0) - ``$PREFIX/bin/`` on Termux - ``~/.local/bin/`` otherwise (the common non-root case) We check all candidate directories so that uninstall works regardless of how the install was done (e.g. a root FHS install that placed links in ``/usr/local/bin``, or an older install that used ``~/.local/bin`` before the FHS fix). """ node_dir = (hermes_home / "node").resolve() def _unlink_ours(link: Path) -> bool: # Only act on symlinks — never delete a real binary the user put here. if not link.is_symlink(): return False # Resolve the link target and confirm it points into our node dir. os.readlink + manual # join handles broken (dangling) links too; Path.resolve() on a dangling link still # returns the target path. target = Path(os.readlink(link)) if not target.is_absolute(): target = (link.parent / target) target = target.resolve() if target == node_dir or node_dir in target.parents: link.unlink() return True return False candidates = (bin_dir / name for name in ("node", "npm", "npx") for bin_dir in _node_symlink_candidate_dirs()) return _remove_each(candidates, _unlink_ours) def uninstall_gateway_service(): """Stop/uninstall the gateway service on every platform and kill standalone gateways. Delegates to the gateway module: systemd user+system units (Linux), launchd (macOS), Scheduled Task + Startup folder (Windows), plus standalone ``hermes gateway run`` processes. Termux/Android has no systemd, so only the process kill applies there. """ import platform stopped_something = False # 1. Kill any standalone gateway processes (all platforms, including Termux) try: from hermes_cli.gateway import kill_gateway_processes, find_gateway_pids killed = kill_gateway_processes() if find_gateway_pids() else 0 if killed: log_success(f"Killed {killed} running gateway process(es)") stopped_something = True except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not check for gateway processes: {e}") # Termux/Android has no systemd and no launchd — nothing left to do. if os.getenv("TERMUX_VERSION") or "com.termux/files/usr" in os.getenv("PREFIX", ""): return stopped_something # 2. Per-platform service removal (systemd / launchd / Scheduled Task). step = _GATEWAY_SERVICE_REMOVERS.get(platform.system()) if step is not None: remover, warn_label = step try: stopped_something = remover() or stopped_something except Exception as e: log_warn(f"{warn_label}: {e}") return stopped_something def _remove_systemd_gateway() -> bool: """Linux: uninstall systemd services (both user and system scopes).""" from hermes_cli.gateway import ( get_systemd_unit_path, get_service_name, _systemctl_cmd, ) svc_name = get_service_name() removed_any = False for is_system, scope in ((False, "user"), (True, "system")): unit_path = get_systemd_unit_path(system=is_system) if not unit_path.exists(): continue try: if is_system and os.geteuid() != 0: # windows-footgun: ok — Linux-only systemd path (dispatched on platform.system()) log_warn(f"System gateway service exists at {unit_path} but needs sudo to remove") continue cmd = _systemctl_cmd(is_system) for verb in ("stop", "disable"): subprocess.run(cmd + [verb, svc_name], capture_output=True, check=False) unit_path.unlink() subprocess.run(cmd + ["daemon-reload"], capture_output=True, check=False) log_success(f"Removed {scope} gateway service ({unit_path})") removed_any = True except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not remove {scope} gateway service: {e}") return removed_any def _remove_launchd_gateway() -> bool: """macOS: uninstall launchd plist.""" from hermes_cli.gateway import get_launchd_plist_path plist_path = get_launchd_plist_path() if not plist_path.exists(): return False subprocess.run(["launchctl", "unload", str(plist_path)], capture_output=True, check=False) plist_path.unlink() log_success(f"Removed macOS gateway service ({plist_path})") return True def _remove_windows_gateway() -> bool: """Windows: uninstall Scheduled Task + Startup-folder entry. The gateway_windows module already knows how to locate and remove both code paths (schtasks /Delete + .cmd unlink) and how to stop any running detached pythonw gateway process. We call into it so the uninstall logic stays in exactly one place. """ from hermes_cli import gateway_windows if not any(probe() for probe in ( gateway_windows.is_installed, gateway_windows.is_task_registered, gateway_windows.is_startup_entry_installed, )): return False try: gateway_windows.stop() except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not stop Windows gateway cleanly: {e}") try: gateway_windows.uninstall() log_success("Removed Windows gateway (Scheduled Task + Startup entry)") return True except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not fully uninstall Windows gateway: {e}") return False # platform.system() -> (remover, warning label when the remover itself blows up) _GATEWAY_SERVICE_REMOVERS = { "Linux": (_remove_systemd_gateway, "Could not check systemd gateway services"), "Darwin": (_remove_launchd_gateway, "Could not remove launchd gateway service"), "Windows": (_remove_windows_gateway, "Could not check Windows gateway service"), } # ============================================================================ # Windows-specific uninstall helpers # ============================================================================ # # The installer (``scripts/install.ps1``) does four Windows-only things that # ``remove_path_from_shell_configs`` / ``remove_wrapper_script`` don't cover: # # 1. Sets User-scope env vars ``HERMES_HOME`` and ``HERMES_GIT_BASH_PATH`` # via ``[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(..., "User")``. These # don't live in ~/.bashrc — they're in the Windows registry at # HKCU\Environment. # 2. Prepends to User-scope ``PATH`` (same registry location) entries # like ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\git\cmd``, ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\git\bin``, # ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\git\usr\bin``, ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\node``. # Again not in any rc file — only accessible via the registry or the # .NET [Environment] API. # 3. Downloads PortableGit to ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\git\`` and Node to # ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\node\`` as user-scoped, isolated copies. # These are ~200MB combined and serve no purpose after uninstall. # 4. On the ``hermes dashboard`` + gateway paths, drops files into # ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\gateway-service\`` and sometimes # ``%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\`` — the # latter is handled by ``gateway_windows.uninstall()`` already. # # Running a PowerShell one-liner per operation is overkill and fragile on # locked-down machines (Constrained Language Mode, restricted ExecutionPolicy). # Direct registry writes via ``winreg`` work without spawning any subprocess # and apply immediately for new shells (SendMessage WM_SETTINGCHANGE would # be nicer but requires ctypes and buys us nothing — the user will log out # or open a new terminal anyway). def _hermes_path_markers(hermes_home: Path, *, include_managed_bin: bool = False) -> list[str]: """Path-entry substrings that identify Hermes-owned User-PATH entries. ``include_managed_bin`` adds the managed binary dir (``\bin``, holding the hermes launchers and the managed uv) — only wanted when that dir is about to be deleted (full uninstall from the default root), so a keep-data uninstall leaves the still-working managed uv resolvable. """ root = str(hermes_home).rstrip("\\/") # Match on prefix so sub-entries (git\cmd, git\bin, git\usr\bin, node, etc.) all get swept. subs = ("hermes-agent", "git", "node", "venv") + (("bin",) if include_managed_bin else ()) return [f"{root}\\{sub}" for sub in subs] def remove_path_from_windows_registry(hermes_home: Path, *, include_managed_bin: bool = False) -> list[str]: """Strip Hermes-owned entries from User-scope PATH in the registry. ``include_managed_bin`` adds ``\bin`` (the managed binary dir holding the hermes launchers and the managed uv) to the sweep. Only pass it when that dir is actually being deleted — full uninstall from the default root — so a keep-data uninstall leaves the still-working managed uv resolvable. """ markers = tuple(m.lower() for m in _hermes_path_markers(hermes_home, include_managed_bin=include_managed_bin)) def edit(winreg, key, removed): try: path_value, path_type = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, "Path") except FileNotFoundError: return # Preserve REG_EXPAND_SZ vs REG_SZ so unexpanded %VARS% survive. kept: list[str] = [] for entry in (e for e in path_value.split(";") if e): is_ours = entry.rstrip("\\/").lower().startswith(markers) (removed if is_ours else kept).append(entry) if removed: winreg.SetValueEx(key, "Path", 0, path_type, ";".join(kept)) return _edit_user_environment(edit, warn_label="Could not edit User PATH in registry") def remove_hermes_env_vars_windows() -> list[str]: """Delete HERMES_HOME and HERMES_GIT_BASH_PATH from User-scope env vars.""" def edit(winreg, key, removed): for name in ("HERMES_HOME", "HERMES_GIT_BASH_PATH"): try: winreg.QueryValueEx(key, name) except FileNotFoundError: continue try: winreg.DeleteValue(key, name) removed.append(name) except OSError as e: log_warn(f"Could not delete {name} from User env: {e}") return _edit_user_environment(edit, warn_label="Could not open User Environment key") def _edit_user_environment(edit, *, warn_label: str) -> list[str]: """Open HKCU\\Environment read/write and run ``edit(winreg, key, removed)``. Returns whatever ``edit`` appended to ``removed`` — even when a later registry call raised, so callers report exactly what was touched. ``[]`` off-Windows (no ``winreg``). """ removed: list[str] = [] try: import winreg except ImportError: return removed # not on Windows, nothing to do try: with winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Environment", 0, winreg.KEY_READ | winreg.KEY_WRITE) as key: edit(winreg, key, removed) except OSError as e: log_warn(f"{warn_label}: {e}") return removed def remove_portable_tooling_windows(hermes_home: Path) -> list[Path]: """Delete PortableGit and Node installs the Windows installer created under ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\\hermes\\``. Only called on full uninstall; they're isolated from any system Git / Node so they cannot break other tools.""" def _rmtree(target: Path) -> bool: shutil.rmtree(target, ignore_errors=False) return True targets = (hermes_home / sub for sub in ("git", "node", "gateway-service")) return _remove_each((t for t in targets if t.exists()), _rmtree) def remove_windows_bin_launchers(*, windows: bool | None = None) -> list[Path]: """Delete the ``hermes`` launchers install.ps1 staged in the managed ``bin`` dir. Every uninstall mode deletes the checkout, so launchers pointing at ``/venv`` would dangle and error, which reads worse than command-not-found; the managed uv is kept for keep-data reinstalls. A launcher that is this process's own trampoline is locked against deletion but not rename, so it is renamed aside with a non-executable suffix instead. """ if windows is None: windows = _is_windows() if not windows: return [] try: # Lockstep launcher-name list — the same names install.ps1 and the # startup heal stage into this dir. from hermes_cli._install_repair import _WINDOWS_BIN_LAUNCHERS from hermes_constants import get_default_hermes_root bin_dir = get_default_hermes_root() / "bin" except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not locate the managed binary dir: {e}") return [] def _unlink_or_rename_aside(launcher: Path) -> bool: try: launcher.unlink() except OSError: os.rename(launcher, launcher.with_name(f"{launcher.name}.uninstalled.{os.getpid()}")) return True candidates = (bin_dir / f"{name}{suffix}" for name in _WINDOWS_BIN_LAUNCHERS for suffix in (".exe", ".cmd")) return _remove_each((p for p in candidates if p.exists()), _unlink_or_rename_aside) def _is_windows() -> bool: return sys.platform == "win32" def _is_default_hermes_home(hermes_home: Path) -> bool: """Return True when ``hermes_home`` points at the default (non-profile) root.""" try: from hermes_constants import get_default_hermes_root return hermes_home.resolve() == get_default_hermes_root().resolve() except Exception: return False def _discover_named_profiles(): """Return a list of ``ProfileInfo`` for every non-default profile, or ``[]`` if profile support is unavailable or nothing is installed beyond the default root. """ try: from hermes_cli.profiles import list_profiles except Exception: return [] try: return [p for p in list_profiles() if not getattr(p, "is_default", False)] except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not enumerate profiles: {e}") return [] def _uninstall_profile(profile) -> None: """Fully uninstall a named profile: stop its gateway, remove its alias, wipe its home. Shells out to ``hermes -p gateway stop|uninstall`` because service names and unit/ plist paths derive from the current HERMES_HOME and can't easily be switched in-process. """ name = profile.name log_info(f"Uninstalling profile '{name}'...") # 1. Stop and remove this profile's gateway service. # Use `python -m hermes_cli.main` so we don't depend on a `hermes` # wrapper that may be half-removed mid-uninstall. hermes_invocation = [sys.executable, "-m", "hermes_cli.main", "--profile", name] for subcmd in ("stop", "uninstall"): try: subprocess.run( hermes_invocation + ["gateway", subcmd], capture_output=True, text=True, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', timeout=60, check=False, ) except subprocess.TimeoutExpired: log_warn(f" Gateway {subcmd} timed out for '{name}'") except Exception as e: log_warn(f" Could not run gateway {subcmd} for '{name}': {e}") # 2. Remove the wrapper alias script at ~/.local/bin/ (if any). alias_path = getattr(profile, "alias_path", None) if alias_path and alias_path.exists(): try: alias_path.unlink() log_success(f" Removed alias {alias_path}") except Exception as e: log_warn(f" Could not remove alias {alias_path}: {e}") # 3. Wipe the profile's HERMES_HOME directory. _rmtree_step(profile.path, indent=" ", fully=False) def run_gui_uninstall(args): """GUI-only uninstall: remove the Chat GUI, leave the agent + data intact. Mirrors ``hermes uninstall --gui``. Removes the desktop app's built artifacts, the packaged app bundle (best-effort), and the Electron userData dir — nothing under ``$HERMES_HOME`` config/sessions/.env, and never the Python agent or its venv. """ from hermes_cli.gui_uninstall import ( agent_is_installed, gui_install_summary, uninstall_gui, ) hermes_home = get_hermes_home() summary = gui_install_summary(hermes_home) skip_confirm = bool(getattr(args, "yes", False)) print() _print_box("│ ⚕ Hermes Chat GUI Uninstaller │", Colors.MAGENTA) print() if not summary["gui_installed"]: print("No Hermes Chat GUI installation was found.") print(f" Checked: {hermes_home}, and the standard app locations for this OS.") return print(color("This removes the Chat GUI only. The Hermes agent stays installed.", Colors.CYAN)) print() print(color("Will remove:", Colors.YELLOW, Colors.BOLD)) for p in (*summary["source_built_artifacts"], *summary["packaged_app_paths"]): print(f" • {p}") if summary["userdata_exists"]: print(f" • {summary['userdata_dir']} (desktop app data)") print() if agent_is_installed(hermes_home): print(color("Kept intact:", Colors.GREEN, Colors.BOLD)) print(f" • The Hermes agent at {hermes_home / 'hermes-agent'}") print(f" • Your config, sessions, and secrets under {hermes_home}") print() if not skip_confirm and not _confirm_yes("to remove the Chat GUI"): return print() print(color("Uninstalling Chat GUI...", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD)) print() uninstall_gui(hermes_home) print() _print_box("│ ✓ Chat GUI Uninstalled! │", Colors.GREEN) print() print("The Hermes agent is still installed. Run 'hermes' to use the CLI,") print("or 'hermes uninstall' to remove the agent too.") print() def run_uninstall(args): """Run the uninstall process. Full uninstall removes code and ``~/.hermes/``; keep-data removes only the code so the configs, data and logs survive a reinstall. """ project_root = get_project_root() hermes_home = get_hermes_home() if bool(getattr(args, "dry_run", False)): _print_uninstall_dry_run( project_root=project_root, hermes_home=hermes_home, full_uninstall=bool(getattr(args, "full", False)), ) return # Detect named profiles when uninstalling from the default root — # offer to clean them up too instead of leaving zombie HERMES_HOMEs # and systemd units behind. is_default_profile = _is_default_hermes_home(hermes_home) named_profiles = _discover_named_profiles() if is_default_profile else [] # Non-interactive fast path (``--yes``): no prompts. ``--full`` selects a # full wipe (code + ~/.hermes data); otherwise keep-data. Named profiles # are NOT auto-removed here — that's a destructive, surprising default for # an unattended run, so it stays opt-in to the interactive flow. This is # the path the desktop app's detached cleanup script uses for its # lite/full modes. if bool(getattr(args, "yes", False)): _perform_uninstall( project_root=project_root, hermes_home=hermes_home, full_uninstall=bool(getattr(args, "full", False)), remove_profiles=False, named_profiles=named_profiles, ) return print() _print_box("│ ⚕ Hermes Agent Uninstaller │", Colors.MAGENTA) print() # Show what will be affected print(color("Current Installation:", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD)) print(f" Code: {project_root}") print(f" Config: {hermes_home / 'config.yaml'}") print(f" Secrets: {hermes_home / '.env'}") print(f" Data: {hermes_home / 'cron/'}, {hermes_home / 'sessions/'}, {hermes_home / 'logs/'}") print() if named_profiles: print(color("Other profiles detected:", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD)) for p in named_profiles: print(f" • {p.name}{' (gateway running)' if getattr(p, 'gateway_running', False) else ''}: {p.path}") print() # Ask for confirmation print(color("Uninstall Options:", Colors.YELLOW, Colors.BOLD)) print() print(" 1) " + color("Keep data", Colors.GREEN) + " - Remove code only, keep configs/sessions/logs") print(" (Recommended - you can reinstall later with your settings intact)") print() print(" 2) " + color("Full uninstall", Colors.RED) + " - Remove everything including all data") print(" (Warning: This deletes all configs, sessions, and logs permanently)") print() print(" 3) " + color("Cancel", Colors.CYAN) + " - Don't uninstall") print() choice = _prompt(color("Select option [1/2/3]: ", Colors.BOLD)) if choice is None: return if choice in {"3", "c", "cancel", "q", "quit", "n", "no"}: _cancelled() return full_uninstall = (choice == "2") # When doing a full uninstall from the default profile, also offer to # remove any named profiles — stopping their gateway services, unlinking # their alias wrappers, and wiping their HERMES_HOME dirs. Otherwise # those leave zombie services and data behind. remove_profiles = False n_profiles = len(named_profiles) profile_names = ", ".join(p.name for p in named_profiles) if full_uninstall and named_profiles: print() print(color("Other profiles will NOT be removed by default.", Colors.YELLOW)) print(f"Found {n_profiles} named profile(s): {profile_names}") print() resp = _prompt(color(f"Also stop and remove these {n_profiles} profile(s)? [y/N]: ", Colors.BOLD)) if resp is None: return remove_profiles = resp in {"y", "yes"} # Final confirmation print() if full_uninstall: print(color("⚠️ WARNING: This will permanently delete ALL Hermes data!", Colors.RED, Colors.BOLD)) print(color(" Including: configs, API keys, sessions, scheduled jobs, logs", Colors.RED)) if remove_profiles: print(color(f" Plus {n_profiles} profile(s): {profile_names}", Colors.RED)) else: print("This will remove the Hermes code but keep your configuration and data.") print() if not _confirm_yes("to confirm"): return _perform_uninstall( project_root=project_root, hermes_home=hermes_home, full_uninstall=full_uninstall, remove_profiles=remove_profiles, named_profiles=named_profiles, ) def _print_uninstall_dry_run(*, project_root: Path, hermes_home: Path, full_uninstall: bool) -> None: """Print the uninstall plan without stopping services or deleting files.""" print() print(color("Dry run: no files, services, or environment entries will be changed.", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD)) print() print(color("Would inspect/remove:", Colors.YELLOW, Colors.BOLD)) print(" • Gateway services and standalone gateway processes") print(" • Hermes PATH entries from shell configs / Windows User PATH") print(" • Hermes wrapper scripts and Hermes-managed node/npm/npx symlinks") print(" • Desktop Chat GUI artifacts") print(f" • Code checkout: {project_root}") if not full_uninstall: print(f" • Keep Hermes config/data: {hermes_home}") else: print(f" • Hermes config/data: {hermes_home}") profiles = _discover_named_profiles() if _is_default_hermes_home(hermes_home) else [] if profiles: print(" • Named profiles (interactive uninstall asks before removing):") for prof in profiles: print(f" - {prof.name}: {prof.path}") print() def _remove_step(label: str, remove, success_fmt: str, none_msg: str) -> None: """Announce ``label``, run ``remove()``, then log one success line per removed item (or ``none_msg``).""" log_info(label) removed = remove() if removed: for item in removed: log_success(success_fmt.format(item)) else: log_info(none_msg) def _rmtree_step(path: Path, *, indent: str = "", fully: bool = True) -> None: """Best-effort ``rmtree`` with the shared success/warning lines.""" try: if path.exists(): shutil.rmtree(path) log_success(f"{indent}Removed {path}") except Exception as e: log_warn(f"{indent}Could not {'fully ' if fully else ''}remove {path}: {e}") if fully: log_info("You may need to manually remove it") def _perform_uninstall( *, project_root: Path, hermes_home: Path, full_uninstall: bool, remove_profiles: bool, named_profiles: list, ) -> None: """Execute the uninstall steps; shared by the interactive and ``--yes`` paths. Order: stop gateway -> strip PATH (rc files + Windows registry) -> remove wrapper and node symlinks -> remove desktop Chat GUI artifacts -> delete the checkout -> (Windows) remove PortableGit/Node -> optionally wipe ``$HERMES_HOME`` and named profiles. """ print() print(color("Uninstalling...", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD)) print() # 1. Stop and uninstall gateway service + kill standalone processes log_info("Checking for running gateway...") if not uninstall_gateway_service(): log_info("No gateway service or processes found") # 2-3b. PATH entries (POSIX rc files, then the Windows User-scope registry), wrapper script, # Windows launchers, node/npm/npx symlinks. Windows notes: hermes_home is %VAR%-expanded so # marker matching runs against fully resolved paths (install.ps1 writes literal # C:\Users\\AppData\Local\hermes\git\cmd, not %LOCALAPPDATA%); the managed binary dir # (hermes\bin: launchers + managed uv) leaves the PATH only when the full wipe below is # about to delete it, so keep-data mode keeps the still-working uv resolvable; the launchers # themselves always go — both modes delete the checkout, so a surviving launcher would # dangle and error, worse than command-not-found. Symlinks are removed only when they still # point into this Hermes home's node dir (never clobber nvm / user-managed Node). windows = _is_windows() sweep_managed_bin = windows and full_uninstall and _is_default_hermes_home(hermes_home) for on_this_platform, label, remove, success_fmt, none_msg in ( (True, "Removing PATH entries from shell configs...", remove_path_from_shell_configs, "Updated {}", "No PATH entries found to remove in shell rc files"), (windows, "Removing PATH entries from Windows User environment...", lambda: remove_path_from_windows_registry( Path(os.path.expandvars(str(hermes_home))), include_managed_bin=sweep_managed_bin), "Removed from User PATH: {}", "No Hermes-owned PATH entries in User environment"), (windows, "Removing HERMES_HOME / HERMES_GIT_BASH_PATH User env vars...", remove_hermes_env_vars_windows, "Removed User env var: {}", "No Hermes-set User env vars to remove"), (True, "Removing hermes command...", remove_wrapper_script, "Removed {}", "No wrapper script found"), (windows, "Removing Windows hermes launchers...", remove_windows_bin_launchers, "Removed {}", "No Windows hermes launchers found"), (True, "Removing Hermes-managed node/npm/npx symlinks...", lambda: remove_node_symlinks(hermes_home), "Removed {}", "No Hermes-managed node/npm/npx symlinks found"), ): if on_this_platform: _remove_step(label, remove, success_fmt, none_msg) # 3c. Desktop Chat GUI artifacts (built renderer/release, node_modules, packaged app bundle, # Electron userData). Both CLI flows remove the agent code, so the GUI — just another # consumer of the same checkout — goes with it. uninstall_gui() never touches config / # sessions / .env, so it's safe in keep-data mode; the packaged app + Electron userData # live OUTSIDE HERMES_HOME, so the full-uninstall rmtree below would not reach them. log_info("Removing desktop Chat GUI artifacts...") try: from hermes_cli.gui_uninstall import uninstall_gui if not uninstall_gui(hermes_home): log_info("No desktop GUI artifacts found") except Exception as e: log_warn(f"Could not remove desktop GUI artifacts: {e}") # 4. Remove installation directory (code) — we may be running from inside it. log_info("Removing installation directory...") _rmtree_step(project_root) # 4b. Windows-only installer artifacts that are NOT user data (PortableGit, bundled Node, # gateway-service dir): install tooling under HERMES_HOME, safe to remove in keep-data mode. if windows: _remove_step( "Removing Windows installer artifacts (PortableGit, Node, gateway-service)...", lambda: remove_portable_tooling_windows(hermes_home), "Removed {}", "No Windows installer artifacts to remove", ) # 5. Optionally remove ~/.hermes/ data directory (and named profiles) if full_uninstall: # 5a. Stop and remove each named profile's gateway service and alias wrapper. The profile # HERMES_HOME dirs live under ``/profiles//`` and are swept by the rmtree # below, but services + alias scripts live OUTSIDE the default root. if remove_profiles: for prof in named_profiles: _uninstall_profile(prof) log_info("Removing configuration and data...") _rmtree_step(hermes_home) else: log_info(f"Keeping configuration and data in {hermes_home}") print() _print_box("│ ✓ Uninstall Complete! │", Colors.GREEN) print() if not full_uninstall: print(color("Your configuration and data have been preserved:", Colors.CYAN)) print(f" {hermes_home}/") print() print("To reinstall later with your existing settings:") if windows: print(color(" iex (irm https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.ps1)", Colors.DIM)) else: print(color(" curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash", Colors.DIM)) print() if windows: print(color("Open a new terminal (PowerShell / Windows Terminal) to pick up", Colors.YELLOW)) print(color("the updated User PATH and environment variables.", Colors.YELLOW)) else: print(color("Reload your shell to complete the process:", Colors.YELLOW)) print(" source ~/.bashrc # or ~/.zshrc") print() print("Thank you for using Hermes Agent! ⚕") print() class _UninstallArgs: """Lightweight args namespace for the module entrypoint below.""" def __init__(self, *, mode: str): self.gui = mode == "gui" self.gui_summary = False self.full = mode == "full" self.yes = True # the module entrypoint is always non-interactive def main(argv=None) -> int: """Module entrypoint: ``python -m hermes_cli.uninstall --mode ``. This module imports only stdlib + ``hermes_constants`` + ``hermes_cli.colors`` (and lazily ``hermes_cli.gui_uninstall``), so it runs fine under a bare system Python with no site-packages from the venv. """ import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="python -m hermes_cli.uninstall") parser.add_argument( "--mode", choices=["gui", "lite", "full"], required=True, help="gui = Chat GUI only; lite = GUI + agent, keep data; full = everything", ) args = _UninstallArgs(mode=parser.parse_args(argv).mode) (run_gui_uninstall if args.gui else run_uninstall)(args) return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())