Your desktop, put to work.
Free and open source, for macOS 14 and later.
Ask the desktop.
It asks you back.
Type what you need and an agent goes to work on this Mac. The answer opens over the desktop, picture and all.
- Works through Claude Code, on your own account
- Shows you each change before it is made
- Keeps no keys and has no account of its own
Eight things you check.
One place to look.
Still a desktop.
Go on, drag.
Drop a file on a folder, then open the folder right where it is. No Finder window, and one click takes you back.
- Folders open in place, not in a window
- Reorder, drop into folders, drag out to other apps
- Stacks by kind, search, rename, compress
Any picture,
made of dots.
Oree prints the image you choose as a grid of dots and lets it dissolve into the desktop, so picture and widgets read as one surface.
Stays on your Mac
No account, no telemetry. The only thing that leaves is a location rounded to a kilometre, for the weather.
Asks once
macOS asks for calendar, reminders and location one time each. Full Disk Access is optional.
Easy to undo
One button in Settings gives the desktop back to Finder and puts everything as it was.
A few things
to know.
Does it replace Finder?
No. Oree stands in for Finder's desktop, the layer behind your windows. Finder itself keeps running, your files stay where they are, and "Show in Finder" still opens Finder.
What does the assistant need?
Claude Code installed and signed in on your Mac. Oree drives it and holds no keys of its own. Without it, the widgets and files still work.
Can the assistant change my files?
Yes, and it asks first. Oree shows you each change with Allow and Don't allow before it is made. If you would rather it did not ask, Bypass permissions lets it act on its own, once you have accepted the risk.
Are my conversations kept?
Yes, on your Mac, in Oree's own folder. They come back when Oree starts again, and the agent picks each one up where it left off.
Can the picture fill the screen?
Yes. In Settings, choose Full screen and the picture runs to every edge, with the widgets as glass over it. At the top, it fades into the desktop instead.
Why does it ask for so many permissions?
Each one feeds a widget: Calendars and Reminders for theirs, Location for the weather, your folders for the files. macOS asks once for each, every one is optional, and nothing you allow leaves your Mac. The privacy page lists them all.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Oree is open source under the MIT licence. The assistant uses your own Claude plan.
Which Macs does it run on?
macOS 14 or later. The glass surfaces need macOS 26; earlier versions get a frosted material instead.
How do I install it?
For now you build it from source with one command, ./run.sh. Xcode's command line tools are enough.
Make yourself at home.
Free, open source, and yours to change.
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