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    openclaw/Peekaboo

    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 models.

    ai
    ios
    macos
    mcp
    screenshots
    swift
    Swift
    MIT
    5.4K stars
    416 forks
    5.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 47 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #82 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 1, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Enables macOS users to capture screenshots and automate GUI interactions using AI agents via a CLI and optional MCP server.
    • Combines pixel-accurate screen capture with multi-provider AI models for natural-language driven, testable, and reproducible automation workflows.
    • Use for automating complex macOS GUI tasks with natural language commands and AI-driven screen analysis.
    • Use for integrating AI-powered visual question answering and screen capture into macOS automation pipelines.
    • Use for running a local MCP server to enable remote AI agents to interact with macOS applications and system UI.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    Peekaboo brings high-fidelity screen capture, AI analysis, and complete GUI automation to macOS. Version 3 adds native agent flows and multi-screen automation across the CLI and MCP server.

    Note: v3 is currently in beta (3.0.0-beta4) and has a few known issues; see the changelog for details.

    Excerpt from the openclaw/Peekaboo README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    416+33

    Open issues

    6+6

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