An orb for every agent
Each agent gets a name and a color, and it can report its own color so the orb matches the one you already know. Its orb glows and its threads pulse while it works, then settle down when it's idle.
Live wallpaper for macOS · native Swift + Metal
Your AI crew,
alive on your desktop.
Every agent you run becomes a glowing orb around a bright core. When an agent is working, its orb lights up. Weather, moon, your day and recent activity sit around it in a quiet HUD. Everything runs on your Mac. You pay once.
one-time · yours forever · no account · no subscription · macOS 13 Ventura or later
Any agentClaude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok, cron jobs, your own scripts
1 to 24+orbs, laid out automatically
100% localno cloud, no account, no tracking
Pay onceno subscription
Features
A wallpaper that tells you who's working.
See at a glance which agents are busy and which ones are finished, without checking a single terminal.
A primary agent in the center
Pick one agent as the core (your orchestrator, your main assistant) or leave the center for the whole crew.
Your city's weather and moon
Current conditions and a 3-day forecast for your city from MET Norway, plus the moon phase. °F or °C. Live weather effects too: rain, storms, fog and heat shimmer.
Air quality
An AQI readout next to the weather. Your agent can switch on a free air-quality provider for you.
"Your day"
Countdowns to your next events and a short to-do list, pulled from your Mac's calendar or a plain text file.
Recent activity
A short, quiet feed of what each agent just did: "Opened PR #42", "Deployed staging build", "Filed expense report".
Markets panel
Stocks, indexes, crypto, metals, each with a sparkline. You bring a free API key and your agent wires it up. Off by default.
A real Mac app
Native Swift and Metal, a menu-bar Settings window, a five-step onboarding, Start at login. It stays out of the way of full-screen apps.
Scales with your crew
Works with any number of agents.
Run one assistant or a whole team. The layout adapts on its own: orbs spread out in arcs, add a second ring past a dozen, and labels never cover the HUD panels.
Hands-off setup
Your AI agents can set it up for you.
Paste one prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex or Grok. The app ships with a setup guide written for agents (AGENTS.md). Your agent reads it and then registers your crew, hooks each agent up so it lights its own orb, and installs the data sources you ask for.
- Local CLI:
broost active claudelights an orb.broost log claude "Opened PR #42"adds a line to the activity panel. - Localhost API: works from any language, cron job or script. It listens on 127.0.0.1 only, needs a token, and rejects requests from websites.
- Plugins: stock prices, crypto, headlines and custom panels, set up with your own free API keys. Your keys stay on your Mac.
- New agents show up on their own: the first time an unknown agent reports in, it gets an orb in the next free color.
# light up while working $ broost active claude $ broost log claude "Opened PR #42" $ broost state claude waiting "needs review" # or from anything that speaks HTTP $ curl -X POST 127.0.0.1:47823/v1/agents/scout/active \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" # add an agent with its own color $ broost agent add scout --name Scout --color "#5FD7FF"
Styles
One look today. More on the way.
Styles control the whole look: orbs, threads, HUD panels, color palette. Your agents, city and panels stay the same when you switch.
Neural Core jarvis-v1 · included
A cyan sci-fi HUD: a bright core with glowing neural threads, glass panels and a starfield.
More styles coming soon
New styles arrive as free updates. Every style works with any number of agents.
Fair price, paid once
Botroost $19
No subscription and no account. Updates are included.
- All features, every agent count
- Neural Core style plus future styles
- CLI, localhost API and plugins
- Up to 3 of your own Macs
Buy now
Secure checkout from our payment provider. Your license key is emailed right away. Questions? [email protected]. All sales are final.
Privacy
Everything stays on your Mac.
No cloud backend, no account, no analytics, no telemetry. Your agents, activity log and settings are plain files in ~/Library/Application Support. Agent activity never leaves your machine.
- Weather: forecasts for your city come straight from MET Norway. No account, no key.
- License: your key is activated with Lemon Squeezy, our store, and re-checked every few days. Offline for weeks? It keeps working.
- Plugins: only the ones you install. They talk to the services you pick, using your own keys.
- The local API listens on 127.0.0.1 only and needs a token.
- This website has no trackers, cookies or third-party scripts.
Install help
First launch: open it once with right-click › Open.
We're a small indie developer, and this early version isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID yet. Because of that, macOS asks you to confirm the very first launch. You only do this once.
1
Install
Open the downloaded .dmg and drag Botroost into Applications.
2
Right-click › Open
In Applications, right-click (or Control-click) the app and choose Open, then click Open in the dialog. This works on macOS 13 Ventura and 14 Sonoma.
3
If macOS still blocks it
On macOS 15 Sequoia and later, open the app once and close the warning. Then go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, click Open Anyway next to the app's name, and confirm with your password.
Advanced: Terminal alternative
If you prefer the Terminal, this removes the download quarantine flag for this app only:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Botroost.app"Run it only on a copy you downloaded from this site.
Requirements
What you need
- macOS
- macOS 13 Ventura or later
- Mac
- Apple Silicon (Intel to be confirmed)
- Displays
- Any size, including ultrawide and Retina
- Internet
- Only for weather and plugins. Everything else works offline.
- AI agents
- Optional. Anything that can run a command or make an HTTP request can light an orb.
FAQ
Questions
Which AI agents does it work with?
Any of them. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, Grok, OpenClaw-style bots, cron jobs, shell scripts. If it can run broost active my-agent or send one HTTP request, it can light an orb. Settings has copy-paste snippets for common tools.
Is it really a one-time purchase?
Yes. You pay once and keep it. There's no subscription, and no server of ours that could shut down and take your app with it.
Can I try it first?
There's no trial, but the screenshots and the feature list on this page show exactly what you get: one purchase, yours forever, on up to 3 of your Macs. Questions? Email [email protected] before you buy. All sales are final.
Does it slow my Mac down or drain the battery?
It's native Metal, not a video or a web page, and it pauses when a full-screen app covers the desktop.
How many agents can I add?
One is fine, and 24 or more works too. Past a dozen, orbs get a little smaller and move onto a second ring so everything stays readable.
Where do stock prices come from?
From whatever provider you choose. You get a free API key, and your agent follows the included guide to add it as a plugin. We don't bundle market data, which keeps the price low and the licensing clean.
Why does macOS warn me the first time?
This early version isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID yet. See First launch for the one-time fix.
Can I use it on more than one Mac?
Yes. One license covers up to 3 of your own Macs. Moving to a new Mac? Click Deactivate this Mac in Settings › General on the old one, then activate on the new one.
Will there be more styles?
Yes. Neural Core is the first. New styles arrive as updates, and every style works with your existing agents and settings.
Give your crew a home on your desktop.
Buy Botroost · $19one-time · yours forever · all sales final