rpcdesk

desktop app · macOS · Linux · Windows

A desktop cockpit for coding-agent CLIs.

rpcdesk drives the real omp and pi binaries over RPC: one session per tab, approvals that follow your CLI policy, typed plugins, and signed updates. Your models, credentials, and tools stay where they already live.

Install Read the source
Session model
one tab, one process
Transport
newline JSON over stdio
Bundle
~42 MB, no SDKs
rpcdesk welcome screen in the dark theme

How it works

  1. 01

    Pick a workspace

    Each tab is bound to a directory. rpcdesk spawns a Bun sidecar that starts omp --mode rpc or pi --mode rpc there.

  2. 02

    Watch the session

    Records become typed frames: streamed text, thinking, tool cards with diffs, approvals, and exit codes — all persisted for resume.

  3. 03

    Stay in control

    Approval prompts carry the CLI's own policy. Kill, fork, or resume a session without leaving the window.

Built for long sessions

Sessions as tabs

One process per tab, isolated state, crash recovery, and a sidebar that lists every saved session for the workspace.

Approvals that match the CLI

Follow-CLI, always-ask, auto-write, or yolo. The status bar names the effective mode and where it came from.

Typed plugins

Tool renderers, panels, commands, and themes in TypeScript, built by the same toolchain and loaded from your config directory.

Nine palettes

System light/dark plus Graphite, Midnight, Aurora, Andromeda, Sand, and Mist — every palette contrast-checked.

Signed self-updates

Manifests and artifacts are verified with minisign. Install and restart from the app; the log says exactly what happened.

Runtime management

No CLI installed? rpcdesk can download the pinned omp or pi build and verify its SHA-256 first.

Themes

One radius scale, layered surfaces, and palettes that keep text at 7:1 or better. Pick from the appearance grid; the sun/moon button cycles system → light → dark.

Graphite theme
Graphite violet accent
Andromeda theme
Andromeda cyan accent
Sand theme
Sand terracotta accent
Light theme settings
Light native light

Install

Signed bundles for macOS (arm64), Debian/Ubuntu and AppImage (arm64 today), and Windows (x64). Build from source if you want the latest commit. 

# from source (Bun + Rust)
git clone https://github.com/RPCDesk/rpcdesk
cd rpcdesk
bun install
bun run build:app

The first launch extracts a bundled Bun runtime and uses your installed omp/pi, or offers a verified download.

Architecture

The app is a shell. Models, credentials, tools, and policy stay with the CLIs; rpcdesk owns presentation and process lifetime.