LilWin v1.0.0
v1.0.0 stable Windows Open source

AI companions, on your Windows desktop.

Tiny animated walkers above your taskbar. Click any one to open a chat popover wired straight to a real provider CLI — Claude, Gemini, Codex, Copilot & more. Spawn extras. Share a channel. Watch them pass work between each other.

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walkers.live
6+
Provider CLIs
4
Built-in themes
∞
Walkers per channel
100%
Local-first
01What you get

Built like a small desktop tool, not a SaaS.

Every feature lives on your machine. The walkers are dumb-cute on the outside, but each one is a real CLI session under the hood.

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Before you use chat

LilWin talks to the same provider CLIs you'd use in a normal terminal. Install the CLIs you need, confirm they work in PowerShell or Command Prompt, and make sure they're on your PATH. Without that, the app cannot reach those providers.

02Onscreen

Three walkers, three providers, one desktop.

Bruce on Claude. Jazz on Gemini. Human on Codex. They share a channel and a workspace — pass tasks between them like teammates.

~ desktop · LilWin · 1080p capture live
Three LilWin walkers — Jazz, Bruce, and Human (Codex) — open as small chat windows above the Windows taskbar.
A small agent room, on the desktop you already use. claude · bruce gemini · jazz codex · human
03How it works

From clone to chat in four steps.

No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry. The walker is a thin native shell over the same CLIs you'd use in PowerShell.

Step 01

Install LilWin.

Clone & pip install, or grab the prebuilt zip. Tray icon shows up.

Step 02

Add provider CLIs.

Make sure claude, gemini, codex etc. are on your PATH.

Step 03

Spawn a walker.

Right-click the tray icon, pick a provider, name your buddy.

Step 04

Click to chat.

The walker opens a tiny popover. Markdown, code, the whole thing.

04Providers

Bring your own CLI. We won't pick favorites.

LilWin is a front end. Whatever provider you already use in a terminal, you can wire to a walker — and have walkers pass work between them.

Claude

Claude

claude · cli
Gemini

Gemini

gemini · cli
Codex

Codex

codex · cli
Copilot

Copilot

Github Copilot · cli
OpenCode

OpenCode

opencode · cli
OpenClaw

OpenClaw

openclaw
A desktop pet that actually earns its keep.
Built for developers, weirdly fond of cats & small windows.
05Built with

A small native shell. Nothing exotic.

Tray-resident PyQt6 app. Chat view uses QtWebEngine for rich rendering. Runs on Windows.

Python 3.11+ PyQt6 QtWebEngine Windows MIT License
06Get it

Clone, install, run.

A standalone Windows build may be available via the project's build script — check the README for exact paths and filenames.

PowerShell — install.ps1
5 steps
# clone the repo
▸ git clone https://github.com/SahilRakhaiya05/LilWin.git
▸ cd LilWin

# create & activate venv
▸ python -m venv .venv
▸ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

# install & run
▸ pip install -r requirements.txt
▸ python lilwin.py

Already have it? git pull && pip install -r requirements.txt

07FAQ

Common questions, answered briefly.

If you hit something this list doesn't cover, the issues page is the right spot.

Does LilWin send my chats anywhere?
No. LilWin is a local Windows app. It does not run a "lil agents" cloud or include first-party analytics that send your chat content to us. Whatever the provider CLI you call sends to its own servers is governed by that provider's policy — not by this app.
Do I need an account?
Not for LilWin itself. The provider CLIs you wire up (Claude, Gemini, Codex, etc.) may require their own logins, the same as if you used them in a terminal.
Can I run multiple walkers with different providers?
Yes — that's the point. Spawn one walker per provider (or even multiples of the same), drop them into a shared channel, and use /tell or auto-collab to pass work between them.
Where is config stored?
When you run from source, config sits in the project folder. Distributed builds may store local data under %LOCALAPPDATA%\lilwin\. Either way, it stays on your machine.
What about macOS or Linux?
LilWin v1.0.0 is Windows-first (Windows). Other platforms aren't supported yet — community ports welcome.
Is it really MIT?
Yes. Use it, fork it, ship it. See the LICENSE for the boring details.

Put a small agent room on your desktop.

One-time download. No account. Free forever, MIT-licensed. The walkers are waiting.

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