# Peekaboo (open-source AI desktop app)

> 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 5,260 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/openclaw/Peekaboo |
| Platforms | macOS |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 5,260 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Swift |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | AI desktop apps |
| Latest release | v4.9.0 (Oct 7, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/openclaw/Peekaboo/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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