BroGlowDIY

Your agent. At a glance.

Fewer tabs.
More clarity.

No lamp required. Install and configure BroGlow now to see agent sessions and statuses in the menu-bar app or terminal dashboard. Add the physical lamp later.

Install BroGlow GitHub Source code
BroGlow’s orange mascot beside the black traffic light with all three LEDs glowing red, yellow and green

Explore in 3D

Photo of the BroGlow lamp: the orange mascot beside the black traffic light
Pick a signal to light it on the lamp

Work in progress. Your agent is handling a task. You can get on with yours.

Ready for the next task. An open session is paused, waiting for its next task.

Time to step in. A session has reported that it needs attention, such as approval to continue.

Lights off. No session light. The status clears after 10 seconds without updates. Pairing and setup patterns, and a faint flash every 30 seconds while waiting for the Mac, can still appear.

Red always takes priority. When some sessions are working and others are paused, you choose which color wins in BroGlow settings; by default, any paused session turns the lamp yellow.

For real-size AR, open in Safari on iPhone/iPad or a supported Android browser.

One signal for your local coding sessions

Power nearby. Status by Bluetooth or USB.

A lamp on your desk.
Your agents on your Mac.

BroGlow combines your session statuses and sends them to the lamp over Bluetooth on macOS, or over the USB cable on macOS and Windows. The lamp is powered over USB.

Bluetooth LE
Direct link to your Mac (macOS only)
USB
Power; also a status link on macOS and Windows
No Wi-Fi
The lamp needs no network or cloud

What the colors mean

Three LEDs.
One glance.

The menu-bar app and terminal dashboard show your agent sessions and statuses even without a lamp. An optional lamp mirrors their combined status: green for working, yellow for waiting, red when your attention is needed.

The BroGlow menu-bar popover: three live sessions, one working and two paused, with Dashboard, Settings and Lamps controls

Explore the assembly

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A weekend build.
A real device on your desk.

An ESP32-C3 SuperMini board, three LEDs, one resistor per LED and a printed enclosure. The mascot holds on by magnets: two Ø3×2 mm N52 in the mascot, two in the traffic light. Pull it off, put it back, or swap in any mascot you like, any time.

  1. 01
    Gather the parts

    An ESP32-C3 SuperMini board, three LEDs and resistors, four magnets and the print package from the build guide.

  2. 02
    Wire and flash the board

    Wire the LEDs and flash the firmware by following the build guide.

  3. 03
    Install BroGlow

    brew install broglow/tap/broglow, then the required broglow install: it registers the hooks in your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, opencode, Copilot CLI) and starts the menu bar app. Details: installation guide.

  4. 04
    Connect your lamp

    Plug one flashed lamp into your Mac by USB. BroGlow sets it up automatically, pairs it over Bluetooth and remembers it. To retry, use Lamps → Add lamp. On Windows, the lamp works over USB.

BroGlow · AR

View in your space

See how BroGlow fits on your desk, in real size.

Scan with your phone

Open your camera, scan the code, then tap “View on your desk”. Use Safari on iPhone/iPad or an AR-compatible Android browser.

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