Last updated: 2026-07-01
HeyClicky is a native macOS assistant, requiring macOS 14.2 or later, that captures your screen via Apple's ScreenCaptureKit and delivers spoken, step-by-step guidance through a transparent on-screen cursor, powered by Claude for vision and ElevenLabs for voice. Say 'clicky agent' to run autonomous background tasks in Notion, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Linear.
About HeyClicky
Farza Majeed founded HeyClicky in 2026 and took it through Y Combinator, landing $10.1M in funding along the way. Built primarily in Swift and published as open-source software, it runs as a menu bar app on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. It combines real-time screen awareness, voice interaction, and autonomous background agents in a single native application, a combination HeyClicky says it was first to ship on the Mac. The core workflow is screenshot-driven: press a push-to-talk hotkey and HeyClicky captures your current screen, analyzes it, and speaks back step-by-step guidance while pointing at the relevant UI element. Saying 'clicky agent' hands a task to a background agent instead, freeing you to keep working while it runs. HeyClicky requires macOS 14.2 or later; a Windows version is on the roadmap with no announced release date.
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Pricing
Free tier includes screen awareness, voice interaction, and basic agents. Pro adds 150 agent messages a month and unlimited voice usage, billed monthly.
Feature Comparison by Tier
| Feature | Pro | Free |
|---|---|---|
| Screen awareness & vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Push-to-talk voice interaction | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agent message limit | 150/month | Unlimited |
| Voice usage | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ |
| Notion integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gmail & Calendar integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linear integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visual cursor pointing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open-source codebase | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority support | Community | — |
Key Features
- Real-Time Screen Awareness: Captures high-resolution screenshots via ScreenCaptureKit and sends them to Claude for visual analysis, so answers are based on exactly what is on your screen right now.
- Push-to-Talk Voice Interaction: Press a hotkey, ask your question out loud, and receive spoken step-by-step guidance via ElevenLabs with sub-second AssemblyAI transcription, no typing required.
- Visual Cursor Pointing: A transparent overlay points directly at UI elements across multiple monitors, guiding users through complex interfaces in DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Figma, and any Mac app.
- Autonomous Background Agents: Say 'clicky agent' to spawn a background task: build a Mac app, draft a Notion document, research competitors, file a Linear ticket, or check Gmail, all while you keep working.
- Native App Integrations by Voice: Zero-setup voice integrations with Notion, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Linear, covering doc creation, email, scheduling, and ticket management without leaving your current window.
- Open-Source Swift Architecture: 95.2% Swift codebase published on GitHub (github.com/farzaa/clicky), enabling community audit, self-hosting, and zero mandatory cloud logging for privacy-conscious users.
Pros
- Free tier includes full screen awareness, voice interaction, and basic agents, unlike freemium tools that lock core functionality behind a paywall.
- Native Swift implementation using ScreenCaptureKit delivers measurably lower latency than Electron-based AI assistants like ChatGPT Desktop or browser-based tools.
- Open-source codebase (95.2% Swift on GitHub) provides full transparency and enables self-hosting with zero forced telemetry.
- YC S26 backing and funding from a proven founder (Buildspace raised $10M from a16z) provide credibility and runway for rapid feature development.
Cons
- macOS-only with no Windows or Linux support, immediately excluding 80% of developers from consideration regardless of how good the product is.
- Pro tier limits agents to 150 messages per month, which power users running daily background tasks will hit quickly on the paid plan.
- No public API or MCP support as of mid-2026, preventing developers from extending or integrating HeyClicky into custom workflows programmatically.
- Extremely new product (launched April 2026) with no long-term reliability track record, limited user reviews, and proprietary new features that cannot be audited.
Product Information
- Cloud
- No
- Self-Hosted
- Yes
- On-Premise
- No
- Languages
- English
- Training
- GitHub Documentation, Open-Source Code Audit, Product Hunt Discussion, Y Combinator Network
Frequently Asked Questions
What are HeyClicky's pricing plans in 2026?
HeyClicky's free tier costs nothing and covers on-screen visual awareness, spoken guidance, and entry-level autonomous agents, with no credit card required. HeyClicky Pro costs $20 per month and adds a larger monthly agent-message allowance plus unlimited voice usage. There's no publicly listed annual discount or refund policy as of mid-2026.
What do you get on HeyClicky's free tier?
HeyClicky's free tier includes on-screen visual awareness, push-to-talk voice interaction, and entry-level autonomous agents, at no cost to start. It does not include Pro's larger monthly agent-message allowance or unlimited voice usage, both of which cost $20 a month.
What are HeyClicky's closest competitors?
Cursor and Windsurf both put AI help inside a code editor rather than layering voice guidance across the whole screen. Claude Code is built for large-scale, terminal-driven engineering work well beyond what a screen-pointing voice assistant covers. None of the three combine HeyClicky's real-time screen capture with spoken, app-agnostic guidance.
Is HeyClicky better than Cursor?
Cursor is a full IDE built around multi-file AI code editing, while HeyClicky is a voice-activated overlay that works across any Mac app, not just a code editor. Developers who live inside one codebase all day generally get more from Cursor's inline editing; anyone who wants spoken walkthroughs in Figma, DaVinci Resolve, or a browser gets more from HeyClicky. The two aren't mutually exclusive: several of HeyClicky's target users run it alongside Cursor or another IDE rather than instead of one.
How long does it take to get going with HeyClicky?
Getting a first answer out of HeyClicky takes about as long as downloading the app: grab it from heyclicky.com or build it from source at github.com/farzaa/clicky, grant screen-recording and microphone permissions, then press the push-to-talk hotkey and ask a question out loud. Saying 'clicky agent' followed by a task hands the job to a background agent instead of a spoken walkthrough.
Top Alternatives
- Cursor: Cursor stays inside the IDE for deep, multi-file code editing. HeyClicky works across every Mac app instead of one editor, watching the screen and answering out loud wherever you're working.
- Windsurf: Windsurf is a VS Code-style editor with codebase awareness built for writing software. HeyClicky trades that codebase focus for general macOS productivity, guiding any app by voice instead of just code.
- Claude Code: Claude Code handles terminal-driven, large-scale refactoring at SWE-bench-level engineering depth. HeyClicky isn't built for that: it's a voice-activated screen watcher meant for any Mac app, coding or otherwise.
HokAI guides covering HeyClicky
- Best Agentic AI in 2026: Pick the Job, Not the Generalist: Manus, Genspark and seven other agentic AI tools compared on GAIA scores, credit costs and price, plus when a narrow vertical agent beats a generalist.
- What Skilly Is Actually For, and Which Skilly You Mean: Skilly is filed as an AI voice assistant next to Siri, but it is really two small products forked from Clicky in five days. Here is which one is worth using.