Keph: An Uncensored AI Chatbot Built with Hermes — No Filters, No Refusals

keph me Posted on May 31           Keph: An Uncensored AI Chatbot Built with Hermes — No Filters, No Refusals # hermesagentchallenge # devchallenge # agents # ai Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge ## What I Built Keph — an uncensored AI Guardian with a mystical sphinx persona. Users visit keph.me , an ancient eye awakens from darkness, and they can ask anything without filters, refusals, or moral lectures. The problem: every major AI chatbot censors itself. Users who want honest, unfiltered answers about sensitive topics — history, philosophy, science, controversial questions — hit walls of refusals and disclaimers. Keph removes those walls. Powered by Nous Research's Hermes model, it delivers raw, unfiltered intelligence wrapped in a cinematic dark-gold experience. The Guardian doesn't serve. It permits access. Key features: Fully uncensored AI powered by Hermes — no refusals, no moral lectures Animated SVG sphinx eye that tracks your cursor, breathes, blinks, and responds to clicks Web Audio API ambient soundscape — drones, chimes, harmonic tones 1000+ mystical thinking phrases while awaiting responses Letter-by-letter typing effect for Guardian responses 18+ age gate, user accounts, Pro subscriptions, conversation history Full admin dashboard with analytics, chat viewer, and user management ## Demo Live site: https://keph.me Try it: Ask the Guardian anything. No restrictions. No filters. ## Code GitHub: github.com/MAZMS/keph.me ### My Tech Stack Frontend: Pure HTML/CSS/JS — no frameworks, ~3000 lines in one file Backend: Node.js + Express (~200 lines) LLM: Nous Research Hermes 4 70B (uncensored) via OpenRouter — primary model Fallbacks: Gemini 2.5 Flash, GPT-4o-mini Database: PostgreSQL on Railway Auth: Google OAuth, Microsoft OAuth, email/password with bcrypt Payments: PayPal subscriptions Hosting: Railway with custom domain ## How I Used Hermes Agent Hermes is t