Hermes · 8B · Desktop / import
Hermes 3 8B on a phone
Community favorite for creative writing and agent-style tool use.
- Parameters
- 8B
- Typical Q4
- ~4.7 GB (Q4)
- RAM to budget
- ~7.2 GB
- Engines
- GGUF
Get it running
NousResearch Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B; function calling. Hugging Face: NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B.
Load in LM Studio or Ollama, then chat from the phone.
Get LM Mini and load a model that actually fits — on-device, or via Connect to a PC.
Phones that can run it
- Pixel 10 Pro XL Fits
- Pixel 10 Pro Fits
- Pixel 9 Pro XL Fits
- Pixel 9 Pro Fits
- OnePlus 13 Fits
- OnePlus 12 Fits
- Xiaomi 15 Fits
- ASUS ROG Phone 9 Runs well
Tight (close other apps)
- iPhone 17 Pro Max Tight
- iPhone 17 Pro Tight
- Galaxy S26 Ultra Tight