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MacAgentPeek vs Chimlo
AgentPeek vs Chimlo: verdict, pricing, and specs compared, so you can pick the right one for your Mac.
At a glance
AgentPeek
$15 one-timeA kanban board for every coding-agent session, answered and monitored from the Mac notch.
Chimlo
FreeA native activity island for Codex and Claude Code — read questions, approve tool calls, and reopen finished work.
Spec comparison
AgentPeek
- Price
- $15 one-time
- Pricing model
- Paid
- License
- Proprietary
- Placement
- Notch
- Channels
- Direct
- Category
- Dev & Agents
Chimlo
- Price
- Free
- Pricing model
- Free
- License
- Open source
- Placement
- Notch
- Channels
- GitHub
- Category
- Dev & Agents
The verdict
AgentPeek is the most comprehensive agent monitor in the category — 25 recognized agents, a kanban board, and a full chat window for replying to any session — for $15 one-time (tiered up to $45 for 3 Macs), with a 3-day trial. Chimlo is free and open source, covers just Codex and Claude Code, and is the more conservative of the two on approvals: bypass mode is never exposed, and hook installation is scoped to touch only Chimlo’s own config entries. Pick AgentPeek if you’re running many different agents and want the broadest coverage; pick Chimlo if you mainly use Codex or Claude Code and want a free, cautious-by-design tool.
Which one should you pick?
Pick AgentPeek if…
- Pick AgentPeek if you want the broadest agent coverage — 25 recognized agents, not just two
- Pick AgentPeek if a kanban board grouping every session by status is useful to you
- Pick AgentPeek if you want a full chat window to reply to any session without a terminal
- Pick AgentPeek if usage and cost tracking per session matters to you
Pick Chimlo if…
- Pick Chimlo if you want free, open-source software (GPL-3.0)
- Pick Chimlo if you only use Codex or Claude Code and don’t need broader agent support
- Pick Chimlo if you want bypass mode never exposed as a stated design choice, not just an option to avoid
- Pick Chimlo if native AppKit/SwiftUI with no Electron shell matters to you
AgentPeek vs Chimlo — questions people ask
Is Chimlo free?
Yes — free and open source under GPL-3.0.
Is AgentPeek a subscription?
No — pay once per Mac tier ($15 for 1 Mac, up to $45 for 3) and keep it forever, with a 3-day free trial first.
Which one supports more coding agents?
AgentPeek — it recognizes 25 agents at last check. Chimlo is scoped to just Codex and Claude Code.