Peekaboo
Peekaboo is a free, open-source AI desktop app for macOS. Peekaboo is a macOS CLI & optional MCP server that enables AI agents to capture screenshots of applications, or the entire system, with optional visual question answering through local or remote AI. It has 5,400 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.
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About Peekaboo
Peekaboo is a macOS CLI and menu-bar app for screen capture, accessibility inspection, and native UI automation. Use it directly, let its agent plan multi-step work, or expose the same toolset to MCP clients.
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Is Peekaboo free and open source?
Yes. Peekaboo's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Peekaboo?
Download the installer for macOS from its GitHub Releases page (latest: v4.9.7).
Is Peekaboo still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.