# Blueturboguy07/cue

Open-source macOS AI copilot that floats over your screen, sees/hears your meetings, and stays hidden from screen shares. Cluely alternative, bring-your-own-key.

Repository: https://github.com/Blueturboguy07/cue
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blueturboguy07-cue
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-10T16:36:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 95, longevity 3
- inputs: {"age_days": 49, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 32, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1247, forks 287 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:07.055685+00:00)

## What it is
cue is an open-source desktop AI copilot that floats a glass panel over your screen, capturing your screen, microphone, and meeting audio to provide real-time assistance during meetings and coding problems. It is a free, self-hosted Cluely alternative that supports bring-your-own-key providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints) and attempts to stay hidden from screen shares and recordings.

## Use cases
- get real-time AI suggestions during live meetings
- solve coding problems from a screenshot
- summarize and recap conversations after meetings
- generate follow-up questions from meeting audio
- run a private AI assistant hidden from screen shares
- self-host a free alternative to Cluely with my own API key
- use an AI assistant for studying, notes, and accessibility

## When to choose
- you want an open-source, bring-your-own-key alternative to Cluely
- you need real-time meeting assistance using both your mic and the other participant's audio
- you want a floating AI helper for live coding problem solving on macOS or Windows
- you prefer self-hosting and controlling which LLM provider you use

## When to avoid
- you need guaranteed invisibility from screen capture — exclusion is best-effort and can fail on macOS 15.4+ or to phone cameras
- you are on macOS older than 14.4 and need the meeting-audio (Them) channel
- you want a fully managed cloud service with no local setup
- you intend to use it in ways that may violate platform rules or consent laws, such as proctored exams

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: llm-inference, speech-recognition, chatbot, ocr, gui
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, developer-tools, desktop-applications, privacy
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: ai-copilot, cluely-alternative, bring-your-own-key, screen-capture-exclusion, meeting-assistant, electron, self-hosted, openai, anthropic, gemini, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- Blueturboguy07/cue (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.055685+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:07:55.158895+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Blueturboguy07/cue (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.055685+00:00, sha d15ef65d96b4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.