Computer Use
Let Codewhale work in your apps while you keep working. The Mac helper brings permissions, background app control, and a way to pause or stop input to your menu bar.
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Published releasesmacOS 13.5 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
One app download. No separate Node installation or compiler required.
Set up your Mac
1. Open the app
Expand the download, move Codewhale Computer Use to Applications, and open it. Choose Computer Use from the whale icon in your menu bar.
2. Review permissions
Use the setup buttons to open Accessibility and Screen Recording in System Settings. You choose which permissions to grant.
3. Run the background check
The helper opens a disposable practice window, enters text, and captures that window. It checks whether the pointer or active app changed during the run.
4. Connect it to Codewhale
Review, trust, and enable Computer Use in Codewhale’s plugin marketplace. Use plugin 0.3.0 or later so local actions go through the helper’s Pause and Stop controls.
Keep working. Keep control.
Supported actions operate on the selected app in the background. Apps and gestures that need foreground control require your authorization. The menu shows the target and input mode; Pause suspends helper input, and Stop ends its existing sessions.
See the background checkUpdates when you choose
Choose Check for updates from the app. Before installing an update, it checks the download, Codewhale signature, and Apple notarization, and keeps the previous app for recovery.
Release notesThis download is for Mac. Windows and Linux currently use the source plugin and host-side setup.