The latest articles on DEV Community by Shen Huang (@shenhuang_). https://dev.to/shenhuang_ https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F936104%2F47f8fca8-4790-49fe-889b-9f4179202580.jpg https://dev.to/shenhuang_ en Shen Huang Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:26:59 +0000 https://dev.to/shenhuang_/i-got-tired-of-all-the-desktop-agent-tools-being-macos-only-so-i-built-one-for-linux-4mh5 https://dev.to/shenhuang_/i-got-tired-of-all-the-desktop-agent-tools-being-macos-only-so-i-built-one-for-linux-4mh5 <p>Like many of you, I’ve been messing around with OpenClaw (formerly clawdbot) and the whole "vibe coding" concept. It's cool, but finding a decent tool that actually drives the UI on Linux was a pain. Everything seems to be Mac-first right now. </p> <p>Since I do all my local inference on Linux, I built a dedicated tool for it.</p> <p>It's called <strong>Peepbo</strong> : <a href="https://github.com/LichAmnesia/peepbo" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/LichAmnesia/peepbo</a></p> <p>Basically, it's a lightweight Node/TS wrapper that connects your local VLM (LLaVA, Qwen-VL, etc) to your desktop Linux environment.</p> <p><strong>How it works:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <strong>Vision:</strong> Wraps <code>scrot</code>, <code>gnome-screenshot</code>, or <code>gdbus</code> so the model can see the screen.</li> <li> <strong>Control:</strong> Uses <code>xdotool</code> to handle mouse/keyboard inputs.</li> <li> <strong>Wayland:</strong> Yes, it works on GNOME Wayland, but you'll need to run in unsafe mode (details in the readme).</li> </ul> <p>It's open source. Give it a shot if you're trying to build agents on Linux and let me know if it breaks anything.</p> agents ai linux showdev