Your Claude Code sessions as little pixel pets on your screen.

See who is working, who needs you and who is done, without opening a single window.

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Free and open source (MIT) · macOS, Windows, Linux

Know every session at a glance.

Run a few Claude Code sessions at once: each one gets a pet that walks along the edge of your screen.

Running a command

Working

Walks around, its bubble says what Claude is doing, like “running a command”.

Needs you: Bash

Needs you

Hops with a red bubble when Claude waits for your approval.

Done!

Done

Smiles with a green bubble when the session finished its turn.

Resting

Sleeps when nothing is happening; after a while it leaves the screen.

Allow or Deny right on the pet next version

When Claude asks for permission, answer on the pet, in the panel or on the notification (macOS). By default Bobix holds the request until you answer it there; Claude still asks in the terminal at the same time, so you can answer in either place. A time limit in Settings makes Bobix let go of the request when it runs out.

AllowAlways allowDeny

Side sessions stand next to their parent v0.1.4 pre-release

In the Claude desktop app, a session started from another one stands right next to it. An orange “!” balloon waits for you, a green tick is done.

One project, one creature v0.1.4 pre-release

Every session of a project has the same creature in its own colour. Or give the project your own picture.

Click to open

Straight to the session in the Claude desktop app, or brings its Terminal, iTerm or VS Code window forward.

Control panel

Every session grouped by what needs you, with its last answer and a log of the tools it used.

Notifications

When a session needs approval or finishes, with optional sound.

Stays out of your way

Pick the screen, the top or bottom edge, the size and opacity. Pets fade when the cursor comes near.

Light on your machine

About 1–2 % CPU while pets sit still, nothing redrawn while none are out.

Feedback v0.1.4 pre-release

Fills in a bug or an idea in GitHub’s new-issue form; you read it there and submit it yourself.

Install in about two minutes.

Mac with Apple chip (M1 and later)Bobix-mac-arm64.dmg Mac with Intel chipBobix-mac-x64.dmg

Open the .dmg and drag Bobix into Applications.
The build is not notarized by Apple, so the first launch is blocked: right-click the app → Open → Open, or run xattr -cr "/Applications/Bobix.app".
Bobix lives in the menu bar, with no Dock icon.

Or from a terminal

For an Apple chip. On an Intel Mac use Bobix-mac-x64.dmg. Quit Bobix first if it is running.

curl -fL -o /tmp/Bobix.dmg https://github.com/baonguyen-agilityio/bobix/releases/latest/download/Bobix-mac-arm64.dmg
hdiutil attach -nobrowse -quiet -mountpoint /tmp/bobix-dmg /tmp/Bobix.dmg
rm -rf /Applications/Bobix.app && cp -R /tmp/bobix-dmg/Bobix.app /Applications/
hdiutil detach -quiet /tmp/bobix-dmg && xattr -cr /Applications/Bobix.app && open /Applications/Bobix.app

Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)Bobix-windows-x64.exe

Run the installer. It installs for your user only, no admin rights needed.
It is not code-signed, so SmartScreen may say “Windows protected your PC”: click More info → Run anyway.
Bobix lives in the system tray, maybe behind the ^ arrow.

Or from a terminal

PowerShell.

$f = "$env:TEMP\Bobix-windows-x64.exe"; Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/baonguyen-agilityio/bobix/releases/latest/download/Bobix-windows-x64.exe -OutFile $f; Start-Process $f

Ubuntu / Debian (amd64)bobix-linux-amd64.deb Ubuntu / Debian (ARM64)bobix-linux-arm64.deb

Install the .deb, then open Bobix from your apps menu.
On Wayland it runs through XWayland so pets stay on top.
To bring a terminal forward on a click, install xdotool. Other distributions aren’t packaged yet.

Or from a terminal

For amd64. On ARM use bobix-linux-arm64.deb.

curl -fL -o /tmp/bobix.deb https://github.com/baonguyen-agilityio/bobix/releases/latest/download/bobix-linux-amd64.deb && sudo apt install -y /tmp/bobix.deb

These links give the newest stable version (v0.1.3 today). Test builds such as v0.1.4-rc.3 are pre-releases: pick one from all releases.

Then connect Claude Code

Open BobixThe panel opens on Setup the first time.
Install hooksBobix adds its hooks to ~/.claude/settings.json, keeps your other hooks and saves a backup.
Send a promptIn any Claude Code session. Its pet appears.

Want to see the pets first? Send a test event in Setup shows a pretend session.

Uninstall

Setup → Remove hooks. Only Bobix’s hooks are removed.
Settings → turn off Start when I log in.
Quit from the tray or menu bar icon and delete the app.
Optional: delete ~/.claude/bobix/, the backups ~/.claude/settings.json.bak-bobix-* and the settings folder (~/Library/Application Support/Bobix, %APPDATA%\Bobix or ~/.config/Bobix).

Without Node.js

Hooks fall back to curl or PowerShell. Everything works except one thing: clicking a pet opens its details instead of the session. Install Node.js and click Reinstall in Setup to get it back.

Trouble installing? See the install guide.

Runs on your computer. Nothing about your sessions leaves it.

Account: None. No analytics.
Network: Once a day it asks GitHub whether a newer version exists. Nothing about you is sent, and you can turn it off.
The hook sends: Tool name, file path or command, your prompt. Never file contents or tool output.
Connection: Only to Bobix on 127.0.0.1, with a per-user token.
Kept: In memory only, forgotten when a session ends or the app quits.

Everything it reads, writes and runs: Privacy and security.

Give every session a pet.

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