AI & Agents
littleguys
Last updated 2026-10-11 · benchmark measured 2026-10-11 — deterministic & reproducible
A macOS menu bar app that shows the live status of your AI coding agents.
littleguys at a glance
littleguys is a free macOS menu bar app that shows the live status of AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini so developers can monitor and approve them without switching to terminal tabs.
Good for
- Keeping track of multiple AI coding agents at a glance instead of checking separate terminal tabs
- Approving agent commands with one click rather than typing responses to terminal prompts
- Managing agents running on several machines (Mac mini, homelab, laptop) from one window via Tailnet or LAN
Pricing
Free and open source (MIT licensed)
Questions people ask
What does littleguys do?
It puts a small animated icon in your Mac menu bar for each AI agent so you can see its status, read its last message, and reply or approve commands without hunting through terminal tabs.
Which AI agents does littleguys work with?
It works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Goose, OpenCode, OpenClaw gateway, Hermes agent, and any other agent that speaks the Agent Client Protocol (ACP).
Does littleguys require a cloud account or collect data?
No, it talks directly to your agents with no littleguys account, no cloud, and no analytics or telemetry.
Can littleguys manage agents on more than one computer?
Yes, it can find and manage agents across machines on your Tailnet or local network automatically.
What platforms and version does littleguys support, and how do I install it?
It runs on macOS 13 or later on Apple silicon and Intel; you can download the signed, notarized app, install via Homebrew, or build it from source using the provided install script.
Written by Legit.Show from littleguys.hervalicio.us on 2026-10-12. It does not change the score.
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Legit.Show scored littleguys 70/100 on 2026-10-11, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/littleguys-hervalicio-us/2026-10-11
Is littleguys production-ready?
Legit.Show scores littleguys 70 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on littleguys (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Reliability; its weakest is Privacy. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 76/100
- Accessibility — 94/100
- Security — 45/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 25/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 92/100
- Discoverability — 60/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: HSTS.
- No Content-Security-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 147 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 1 of 1 sampled routes reachable.
- No privacy policy found.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who it's for
AI agent users · macOS users · Developers · Homelab operators · Teams running multiple agents
Pricing
Free and open source
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from littleguys.hervalicio.us's own website on 2026-10-11.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-11.
Put together from public information, without littleguys's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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