Clicky for Windows

This is a native Windows port of the publicly available, MIT-licensed Clicky snapshot in ../upstream-clicky. It is a tray-first desktop companion that follows the original public interaction:

1. Open the Clicky panel from the tray.
2. Complete the local permission/setup flow.
3. Hold Ctrl + Alt to talk; release to submit.
4. Clicky records microphone audio while held, captures each display once only after release, sends the transcript and screenshots to your Worker, speaks the answer, and can point to a returned [POINT:…] target.

Run it

Use the self-contained Windows build:

release\Clicky.Windows.exe

The release directory contains the executable and its bundled .NET runtime; copy the whole directory together. It does not require a machine-wide .NET runtime installation.

Enable real AI responses

The app intentionally does not accept or embed provider keys. Set an owner-operated proxy URL before launching:

$env:CLICKY_WORKER_URL = "https://your-worker.example/"
Start-Process .\release\Clicky.Windows.exe

That Worker must implement the public upstream routes:

• POST /transcribe-token for an AssemblyAI streaming token
• POST /chat as an Anthropic Messages streaming proxy
• POST /tts as an ElevenLabs MP3 proxy

The MIT upstream Worker is available at ../upstream-clicky/worker. Deploy a copy you control with your own provider credentials. The desktop app never sends raw provider keys to a service and does not reuse the upstream's analytics or email endpoints.

Privacy behavior

• No desktop capture runs while idle.
• Capture happens only after Ctrl+Alt is released and only for the current interaction.
• Clicky's windows are marked to exclude themselves from normal Windows screen capture. The app also hides its overlay for its own capture pass as a fallback.
• Windows secure desktop, UAC prompts, DRM-protected content, and elevated applications can remain unavailable to ordinary desktop capture.

Scope

The upstream repository is an older open-source Clicky snapshot. Its README states that newer HeyClicky work is private, so this port faithfully targets the public companion: tray UI, setup panel, Ctrl+Alt voice interaction, multi-display capture, Worker-backed Claude/AssemblyAI/ElevenLabs integration, and cursor pointing. It does not claim the private background-agent features advertised on the current heyclicky site.

See ATTRIBUTION.md and UPSTREAM_LICENSE.md for the upstream attribution and license.