What Your AI Coding Agent Is Doing Behind the Scenes: 4 Visual Tools to See Its Status Instantly

Clawd on Desk

GitHub URL: https://github.com/rullerzhou-afk/clawd-on-desk (⭐ 2,892)

Pixel‑style desktop pet that stays in a screen corner and visualizes the state of AI coding agents. Shows bubbles while the agent is thinking, a keyboard animation while typing, a hard‑hat while building, a flag when finished, and a sleepy pose when idle. Supports multiple agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, etc.). Interaction includes mouse drag‑and‑drop, click feedback, and time‑based daily behaviors. Implemented with Electron and SVG animation, cross‑platform.

Codex on Desk

GitHub URL: https://github.com/G-ShiSi/codex-on-desk

Lightweight Electron application focused on tracking Codex CLI sessions. Displays real‑time status bubbles and animations that indicate the current activity of the Codex agent. Core functions: real‑time tracking of Codex CLI session, status‑bubble display of activity, packaged as an Electron binary for immediate use. Compared with Clawd on Desk, it is single‑agent and more focused.

Star Office UI

GitHub URL: https://github.com/ringhyacinth/Star-Office-UI (⭐ 7,162)

Pixel‑style office dashboard built with the Phaser game engine and a Flask backend. Renders an office scene where each agent appears as a desk‑bound avatar with animations for writing, thinking, resting, and meeting. Provides daily notes, visitor‑agent support, and a multilingual UI (Chinese, English, Japanese).

Clawmetry

GitHub URL: https://github.com/vivekchand/clawmetry (⭐ 340)

Real‑time monitoring platform for OpenClaw agents, written in Python and conforming to the OpenTelemetry standard. Visualizes the agent's reasoning graph, execution flow, token consumption, API call frequency, session history, memory contents, and provides alerts for usage limits or performance degradation. Can be integrated natively with OpenClaw.

Comparison

Stars : Clawd on Desk 2,892; Codex on Desk 66; Star Office UI 7,162; Clawmetry 340.

Positioning : Clawd on Desk – desktop pet; Codex on Desk – desktop pet; Star Office UI – office dashboard; Clawmetry – monitoring platform.

Supported agents : Clawd on Desk – multiple; Codex on Desk – Codex only; Star Office UI – multiple; Clawmetry – OpenClaw.

Tech stack : Clawd on Desk – Electron + SVG; Codex on Desk – Electron; Star Office UI – Phaser + Flask; Clawmetry – Python (OpenTelemetry).

Visual style : Clawd on Desk & Codex on Desk – pixel‑style characters; Star Office UI – pixel‑style office scene; Clawmetry – data dashboards.

Main purpose : Clawd on Desk & Codex on Desk – state visualization; Star Office UI – collaborative visualization; Clawmetry – performance monitoring.

License : Clawd on Desk – AGPL‑3.0; others – MIT.

GitHub URLs

https://github.com/rullerzhou-afk/clawd-on-desk
https://github.com/G-ShiSi/codex-on-desk
https://github.com/ringhyacinth/Star-Office-UI
https://github.com/vivekchand/clawmetry