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Openclick

Openclick is an experimental command-line interface (CLI) tool designed to automate macOS user interface (UI) actions using large language models (LLMs) and the macOS…

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Our verdict

Who it's for

Drive macOS UI automation from natural language prompts using LLMs.

Who should look elsewhere

Currently experimental with potential rough edges

Pros

  • +Simplifies macOS automation with natural language
  • +Provides user control with plan review before execution
  • +Offers flexibility with bring-your-own-model support (local and cloud)
  • +Ensures privacy by keeping prompts and screen contents local by default
  • +Open-source and MIT-licensed, encouraging community contributions

Cons

  • −Currently experimental with potential rough edges
  • −Effectiveness depends on the quality of the LLM and app's Accessibility support
  • −Requires Node 20+ and accessibility permissions setup

Key features

  • ✓Natural language prompt-to-UI action conversion
  • ✓Integration with macOS Accessibility APIs
  • ✓Pre-execution plan review, editing, and abort options
  • ✓Support for various LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Ollama, LM Studio, custom adapters)
  • ✓Flexible deployment as CLI, menu bar app, or daemon
  • ✓Local-by-default privacy with no accounts or telemetry
  • ✓Detailed logging of all Accessibility API calls

Pricing

No public pricing plans recorded.

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