docs: drop early-beta framing for native Windows support (#36093)

Native Windows is out of beta. Removes the early-beta warnings, headings,
and rough-edge framing across the README and docs (EN + zh-Hans), keeping
the WSL2-only dashboard PTY caveat. Historical RELEASE_v0.14.0.md notes are
left intact since they accurately describe the state at that release.

- README: Windows install + cross-platform notes
- index.mdx, installation.md: headings, warning admonitions, parity note
- windows-native.md: title/sidebar_label/warning, provider-hunting tip
- contributing.md, nous-portal.md: cross-platform / Portal parity prose
- Repoint cross-links to the renamed installation#windows-native-powershell
  anchor (EN) and #windows原生powershell (zh, also fixes pre-existing drift)
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title: "Windows (Native) Guide — Early Beta"
description: "Early BETA: run Hermes Agent natively on Windows 10 / 11 — install, feature matrix, UTF-8 console, Git Bash, gateway as a Scheduled Task, editor handling, PATH, uninstall, and common pitfalls"
sidebar_label: "Windows (Native) — Beta"
title: "Windows (Native) Guide"
description: "Run Hermes Agent natively on Windows 10 / 11 — install, feature matrix, UTF-8 console, Git Bash, gateway as a Scheduled Task, editor handling, PATH, uninstall, and common pitfalls"
sidebar_label: "Windows (Native)"
sidebar_position: 3
---
# Windows (Native) Guide — Early Beta
:::warning Early BETA
Native Windows support is **early beta**. It installs, runs, and passes our Windows-footgun lint, but it hasn't been road-tested at the scale our Linux/macOS/WSL2 paths have. Expect rough edges — especially around subprocess handling, path quirks, and non-ASCII console output. Please [file issues](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues) with repro steps when you hit something. If you want a battle-tested setup today, use the [Linux/macOS installer under WSL2](./windows-wsl-quickstart.md) instead.
:::
# Windows (Native) Guide
Hermes runs natively on Windows 10 and Windows 11 — no WSL, no Cygwin, no Docker. This page is the deep dive: what works natively, what's WSL-only, what the installer actually does, and the Windows-specific knobs you might need to touch.
If you just want to install, the one-liner on the [landing page](/) or [Installation page](../getting-started/installation#windows-native-powershell--early-beta) is all you need. Come back here when something surprises you.
If you just want to install, the one-liner on the [landing page](/) or [Installation page](../getting-started/installation#windows-native-powershell) is all you need. Come back here when something surprises you.
:::tip Want WSL instead?
If you prefer a real POSIX environment (for the dashboard's embedded terminal, `fork` semantics, Linux-style file watchers, etc.), see the **[Windows (WSL2) Guide](./windows-wsl-quickstart.md)**. Both coexist cleanly: native data lives under `%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes`, WSL data lives under `~/.hermes`.
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10. **Runs `hermes setup`** — the normal first-run wizard (model, provider, toolsets). Skip with `-SkipSetup`.
:::tip Skip provider hunting on Windows
Native Windows is still early beta, and per-tool API key setup (Firecrawl, FAL, Browser Use, OpenAI TTS) is the highest-friction part of getting a useful agent. A [Nous Portal](/user-guide/features/tool-gateway) subscription covers the model **and** all of those tools through one OAuth login. After the installer finishes, run `hermes setup --portal` to wire everything up.
On Windows, per-tool API key setup (Firecrawl, FAL, Browser Use, OpenAI TTS) is the highest-friction part of getting a useful agent. A [Nous Portal](/user-guide/features/tool-gateway) subscription covers the model **and** all of those tools through one OAuth login. After the installer finishes, run `hermes setup --portal` to wire everything up.
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## Feature matrix