GOAT runs the agents you already use, like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, on your laptop, a desktop at home, an SSH server or a cloud machine. Steer all of them from the desktop app, a browser or your phone.
Free and open source under the MIT license, for macOS, Windows and Linux. Other platforms and Nightly builds
The real GOAT app with Liquid Glass on, in a demo project. The thread and diff come from a real Codex run; the other sidebar threads are samples.
Connect your laptop, an office Mac and an SSH server. Fleet shows each one and the agents working on it.
Start threads on any machine, or ask GOAT Bot and let it pick the project and the machine.
When your own machines are busy, GOAT VM will add a cloud machine to the same list. Coming soon.
Threads on every machine land in the same app, so you can see what ran and where.
GOAT Bot
Text the Mac that runs GOAT (Slack is coming soon), and GOAT Bot starts the work and reports back in the same conversation. Webhooks and schedules start tasks on their own, and outside agents reach GOAT over MCP. The machine doing the work has to stay on; work stops to ask when it needs your approval or an answer.
Ask GOAT Bot
Or start tasks directly
These run in the environment you choose, without GOAT Bot.
Uses the project your message names, else your default project, else picks one from the conversation and asks only when it can't tell. Research spreads across machines with room to spare.
Running 4
Waiting 2
Up to four at once; more wait in order.
Threads on your machines Example
Mina
@GOAT fix the flaky upload retry test in harbor-api
GOAT APP
On it. Working in harbor-api on build-server with Codex. I'll post the result here.
Codex wants to run a command
npm test -- uploadTap a button, or reply 1 to approve or 2 to deny.
Mina
1
GOAT APP
Done. The retry test now waits for the upload to settle, and npm test passes. Opened a pull request.
GOAT runs each provider's own agent with the sign-in you already set up on the machine that does the work.
In the vendor's cloud
One standing conversation that is not tied to a project. Ask it for work and it starts a coding thread in the right project and machine, then reports back. It also answers over iMessage when the server runs on a Mac; Slack is coming soon.
Read the guide: GOAT BotOne view of every connected machine and the agents working on it, with counts of threads that are running or waiting for you. Fleet goals keep starting workers until the conditions you set hold.
Read the guide: FleetFinished conversations become memories scoped to all projects, one project or one thread. Import memories from Codex, Claude and OMO, and share them between devices through a hub.
Read the guide: MemoryClone and publish repositories, open pull requests and review each turn's own changes. GitHub, GitLab, Forgejo, Gitea, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and GitCafe are supported.
Read the guide: Source control and pull requestsFrom the guide## Get the MCP URLhttps://<environment-address>/mcpgoat_describegoat_call
The GOAT MCP server gives agents tools to launch threads, watch them and report results to the thread that started them. Outside agents such as Claude Code, Codex and ChatGPT can connect to the same server.
Read the guide: Orchestration toolsFrom the guide## Turn it oncomputer_use.updatehost.status
Agents can use apps on the computer that runs GOAT without taking over your cursor. The desktop app has a browser panel beside each thread, and a Device panel shows an iOS Simulator or Android Emulator an agent can drive.
Read the guide: Computer, browser and devicesFrom the guide# Visual replies"show this as a chart""make a collage of these screenshots"
Ask for a chart, a table or a diagram and the agent answers with a sandboxed page in the thread. It works with every provider, on web, desktop and mobile.
Read the guide: Visual repliesScreens from the GOAT app running a demo project. Machine names are examples.
The desktop app updates itself. The goat install script follows the Nightly train unless you set GOAT_CHANNEL=stable.
For macOS, Windows and Linux. It includes the server and the goat command, so it can also host the environment your other screens connect to.
Starts the server and opens the web app.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goat-si/goat-releases/main/install.sh | shStarts the server and opens the web app. Run it in PowerShell.
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goat-si/goat-releases/main/install.ps1 | iexFor a VPS or a spare Mac you reach from other devices. Installs the server as a background service and prints pairing links.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goat-si/goat-releases/main/install-goat-server.sh | sh -s -- --tailscaleGOAT is MIT licensed and developed in a public repository, with its work tracked in GitHub issues and pull requests. It began as a fork of T3 Code, keeps its event-sourced core, and still merges upstream changes.
Recently merged into dev
2e1b396feat(server): Codex turns keep running through GOAT server restarts#245990ea96cfix(ssh): a warm route to a remote environment opens no SSH connection per call#2472f444c40fix(server): the memory guard no longer stops a shared Codex or OpenCode server#2470cf758e9fix(ssh): find existing servers on Git Bash Windows hosts#2455GOAT VM
More machines when yours are full, with the agents you already use.