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What you can do with Barehands

barehands is a free, open-source webcam app that turns hand gestures into a glass-card interface on screen, and lets an AI assistant control that screen through simple file and localhost commands.

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What do you want to do?

4 use cases

  • Have your AI put a plan on a glass board

    Your AI assistant pins a plan or answer as a large card on your screen instead of only typing it.

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    In the barehands repo at <path>, run bin/board.sh with a present action that titles a card with <plan title> and puts <plan text> in the body. Then run bin/board-state.sh and confirm the card title appears in the output.

  • Flip through your Obsidian notes with pinches

    Point a board orb at your Obsidian vault and open your notes as glass cards with hand gestures.

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    In the barehands repo, add a notes orb to barehands.json that points to <vault path>, then confirm the file is valid JSON. Expected output is the updated config and a note that the Notes orb is ready. Verify the path resolves to a folder that contains .md files.

  • Pull a 3D model apart by hand

    Drop a 3D model into the media folder and scrub its exploded view with your fingers.

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    In the barehands repo, copy <model file> into media/models/ and confirm it appears in the Props orb after the server starts. Expected output is a list showing the model file in that folder. Verify that the file is inside media/ because only files there appear on the board.

  • Run a hand-tracked overlay in an OBS scene

    Mirror the glass board into OBS as a transparent layer over your camera for streams and recordings.

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    In the barehands repo, start server.py and confirm that http://127.0.0.1:8794/stage.html?role=render loads without errors. Expected output is a page load with no console errors in Chrome. Verify the cards are transparent when placed in an OBS browser source.

How to use Barehands

  1. Check you have what it needs: A webcam; Google Chrome; Python 3 (on Windows, run.bat finds a working interpreter).
  2. Open jaredrhod/barehands on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Run git clone https://github.com/jaredrhod/barehands and then cd barehands.
  4. Start the app with python3 server.py (on Windows, run run.bat instead).
  5. Open http://127.0.0.1:8794/stage.html in Chrome, allow the camera, and wave.
  6. Have your assistant send a card with bin/board.sh '{"a":"present","title":"THE PLAN","body":"..."}'.

These steps come from our top use case, Have your AI put a plan on a glass board, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forBuilt for people who want to move notes, images, and 3D models by hand on screen, and for anyone who wants to give an AI assistant a visual board to show things on.
  • Why it is hot
  • LanguageHTML
  • Sourcegithub.com/jaredrhod/barehands · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • A webcam
  • Google Chrome
  • Python 3 (on Windows, run.bat finds a working interpreter)
  • An internet connection on first run, because the page loads MediaPipe and three.js from CDNs
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Questions about Barehands

What is Barehands?

barehands is a free, open-source webcam app that turns hand gestures into a glass-card interface on screen, and lets an AI assistant control that screen through simple file and localhost commands. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/jaredrhod/barehands.

Who is Barehands for?

Built for people who want to move notes, images, and 3D models by hand on screen, and for anyone who wants to give an AI assistant a visual board to show things on.

What can I do with Barehands?

4 use cases so far, for example: Have your AI put a plan on a glass board; Flip through your Obsidian notes with pinches; Pull a 3D model apart by hand. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Barehands?

A webcam; Google Chrome; Python 3 (on Windows, run.bat finds a working interpreter); An internet connection on first run, because the page loads MediaPipe and three.js from CDNs.

What are alternatives to Barehands?

Other hot AI repos in Personal productivity: Abacusai Bot, Unigit Ecosystem, Comma, Agent Peer Chat, Compass.

Is Barehands safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.