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Run several coding agents at once (Claude Code, Codex, ...) and AgentBuddy tells you, at a glance, which one is working, which one is done, and which one is waiting for your input, so you stop tab-hunting across terminals. A little pet floats on your desktop and reacts to it all.

Why

Running multiple agents in parallel means constantly switching windows to check who needs you. AgentBuddy surfaces that in two places:

• Menu bar monitor for the details: every running agent, its state, what it's doing, and a live timer.
• Desktop pet for an ambient signal you can read without breaking focus.

Features

• Multi-agent monitor in the menu bar: live list of every agent with a colored status dot, the project, what it's doing (running tool / waiting reason), and a per-state timer that counts in real time.
• At-a-glance menu bar icon: shows the number of running agents, and turns orange with a count when one needs your input.
• Desktop pet that reacts to the aggregate state (working / waiting / done / celebrate), with an optional chat bubble (built-in or fully custom messages).
• Native notifications when an agent finishes or needs input.
• Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, opencode & Windsurf integration via hooks, with one-tap install from Settings (precise working / waiting / done / idle, including "needs your input"). GLM (Z.AI) works through Claude Code automatically. Cursor and Windsurf report working/done (they have no "needs input" hook).
• Universal wrapper agentbuddy run -- <command> to monitor any CLI agent (working/done), no per-agent setup.
• Pet system: browse an online pet library and download with one click, map each animation to a state, resize, and customise chat lines.
• Polished, native Settings (tabbed, dark) that never steals focus.

Screenshots

Requirements

• macOS 13 Ventura or later (macOS 14 Sonoma+ recommended; the keyboard-focus-ring cleanup uses APIs available on macOS 14+).
• Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs are both supported.
• macOS only, by design. There is no Windows or Linux version.
• To build from source: Xcode 16 / Swift 6.

Install

Homebrew

brew install --cask techgocodingnow/tap/agentbuddy

Direct download

Grab the latest AgentBuddy.dmg from Releases, open it, and drag AgentBuddy to Applications.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/techgocodingnow/agentbuddy.git
cd agentbuddy
./scripts/build-app.sh release
open build/AgentBuddy.app

Builds are Developer ID-signed and notarized by Apple, so they open without a Gatekeeper warning. AgentBuddy also updates itself: it checks for new versions automatically, and you can update in-app from the menu bar Updates button.

On first launch, open Settings → General and click Install next to Claude Code, then Enable notifications.

Uninstall

1. In Settings → General, click Remove next to each agent you connected (this strips AgentBuddy's hooks from the agents' config so they don't error after the app is gone).
2. Remove the app and its data:

brew uninstall --cask agentbuddy          # or drag /Applications/AgentBuddy.app to Trash
rm -rf ~/.agentbuddy                       # downloaded pets + state
rm -f  ~/Library/Preferences/com.gocodingnow.agentbuddy.plist

Usage

Claude Code (recommended): install the hook from Settings. AgentBuddy then reflects each session's real state (including "waiting for input").

Any other CLI agent: wrap it.

agentbuddy run -- <your-agent-command>     # e.g. agentbuddy run -- aider

The session shows as working while it runs and done when it exits.

Pets

Pets use the open Codex pet-pack format (pet.json + an 8×9 spritesheet). You can:

• Browse the online library and download a pet with one click (Settings → Pet → Browse pets).
• Map animations: pick which sheet animation plays for each state.
• Delete pets you no longer want.

A starter pet is installed automatically on first launch. AgentBuddy bundles no pet art; packs are added at runtime.

Roadmap

• Notarized DMG + Homebrew cask
• Click an agent to reveal its terminal
• Per-project pets

Tech

Swift + SwiftUI, a Unix-socket daemon for agent events, and a tiny CLI helper, all in one SwiftPM package. See docs/specs for the design.

Support

If AgentBuddy saves you some tab-hunting, here's how to help:

• Star the repo so more people find it.
• Report issues with clear reproduction steps.

Maintained by GoCodingNow.

Original project by Nguyễn Thành Đạt (@ntd4996). This fork keeps the original MIT license and attribution.

Acknowledgements

The Codex pet-pack format and the online pet library are provided by Petdex (MIT). AgentBuddy is an independent, interop client: it reads packs in Petdex's format and lets you download them from Petdex's public API. AgentBuddy bundles no pet art; every pet asset is owned by its respective submitter under their own license. If you hold rights to a character, please direct takedowns to Petdex.

License

MIT, see LICENSE. Application code only; pet assets are not part of this repository.