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openclicky vs GuideLayer
openclicky and clicky point your cursor. GuideLayer teaches, remembers, runs agents, and keeps your data on your Mac.
GuideLayer builds on MIT-licensed open-source foundations: openclicky (Jason Kneen) and clicky (Farza). We credit that lineage in our licenses.
What shipped on top is a different product. openclicky and clicky pointed a buddy cursor at buttons. GuideLayer teaches the workflow, saves it, runs agents, and ships as a signed Mac app with a Privacy Center.
If you're evaluating openclicky or clicky today, here's what changed.
How it compares
openclicky / clicky
Points a buddy cursor at a button.
GuideLayer
Teaches the workflow, saves it, and turns the session into a replayable tutorial.
openclicky / clicky
Wires one agent CLI in as the brain.
GuideLayer
Routes across Claude, Codex, realtime voice, and open-weight models.
openclicky / clicky
Privacy is whatever you configure yourself.
GuideLayer
Encrypted memory, screenshots off by default, Privacy Center, one-switch incognito.
openclicky / clicky
Open builder tool for people who want to tinker.
GuideLayer
Signed, notarized Mac app for people who want the thing to work.
What actually works
Tutor mode
Guided walkthroughs with voice and on-screen reticle. openclicky pointed; GuideLayer teaches.
Saved tutorials
Export Markdown or PDF. Replay sessions. openclicky didn't persist lessons.
Agent mode
Background agents on your Codex subscription for async work beyond pointing.
Production Mac app
Signed, notarized, Apple Silicon native. Not a repo you compile yourself.
Workflow examples
You liked openclicky's pointing
The buddy cursor concept worked. You want more around it.
- 01GuideLayer keeps screen-aware pointing with accessibility-tree precision.
- 02Adds voice, saved tutorials, and agent mode on top.
- 03Privacy Center replaces DIY configuration.
You want to stay in the open-source lane
You'd rather fork and build than install a commercial app.
- 01openclicky and clicky remain solid starting points.
- 02GuideLayer is the productized path if you want support and a notarized build.
- 03Both can coexist in the same ecosystem.
Team rollout
Open tools are great for individuals. Teams need consistent installs.
- 01Deploy GuideLayer as a standard Mac app.
- 02Record team tutorials on live software.
- 03Share exports without everyone maintaining their own fork.
openclicky and clicky are solid open tools. GuideLayer is the private AI assistant for Mac that points, teaches, remembers, runs background agents, and keeps your data on your device.
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Screen-aware, private, local-first. Download for Apple Silicon with Claude Code and Codex already signed in.