ryanstephen/lil-agents
tiny AI companions that live on your macOS dock observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
63/100
- Activity 75
- Release rhythm 78
- Longevity 11
Flags: young
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 3
- age_days: 163
- days_rel: 150
- days_push: 150
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
1441 stars · 278 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A macOS app that renders tiny animated AI companions walking above your dock, which you can click to open a themed popover terminal for chatting with AI coding CLIs. It supports Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Google Gemini CLIs, switchable from the menubar.
Use cases
- run AI coding assistants in a fun dock companion
- chat with Claude Code or Gemini CLI from a popover terminal
- add animated AI pets to my macOS dock
- switch between multiple AI coding CLIs in one app
- keep an AI agent visible while it works with thinking bubbles
When to choose
- you use macOS Sonoma or later and want a playful AI assistant UI
- you already use one or more AI coding CLIs and want a unified front-end
- you value local privacy - the app itself collects no data
When to avoid
- you need a full-featured standalone AI chat client without external CLIs
- you're on Windows or Linux
- you want a headless or scriptable agent framework rather than a GUI toy
Facets
application · maturity active
chatbot chat-interface agent-framework terminal-ui animation artificial-intelligence desktop-applications developer-tools entertainment ai-companions dock-pets cli-wrappers menubar-app sparkle-updates ai-agents macos desktop swift
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/ryanstephen/lil-agents · fetched 2026-08-28 · b2a770f9f6a8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ryanstephen/lil-agents | main | 63 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="ryanstephen/lil-agents")
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