littleguys

What littleguys does

Each agent appears as a little guy in the menu bar, with a sprite showing whether it is idle, working, has new replies, needs you or is offline. A popover lists every guy with a status ring and last-message preview, and a main window works like a chat app with streaming replies, tool-call chips, attachments and approve or deny controls for commands. Routines are cron jobs with friendly schedules, run-now and run history.

The README documents three adapters. OpenClaw connects over the gateway WebSocket protocol, Hermes Agent over a local hermes serve backend using JSON-RPC over WebSocket or a remote API server with an API_SERVER_KEY, and ACP agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Goose and OpenCode over the Agent Client Protocol. For Hermes the guys map to profiles, with native cron and approvals. It runs on macOS 13 or later on Apple silicon and Intel, updates itself, and is MIT licensed.

Key features

• Menu bar status sprite per agent
• Chat window with streaming replies and tool-call chips
• Approve or deny commands
• Routines with schedules and run history
• Hermes profiles via hermes serve or a remote API server
• Support for OpenClaw and ACP agents

When to use it

• Approving a Hermes tool call from the menu bar
• Scheduling recurring Hermes jobs with a friendly schedule
• Chatting with Hermes, OpenClaw and Claude Code from one window

Who it is for: Mac users who run several agents and want one menu bar app to supervise them.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent is one of three adapter types, connected through hermes serve or a remote API server, so littleguys is a general multi-agent client.

How to install littleguys

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

brew install herval/tap/littleguys

Requirements: macOS 13 or later

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