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What you can do with Percho

Percho is a free, open-source desktop GUI that runs the Pi coding agent's engine in a visual chat interface with tool approvals and themes.

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What do you want to do?

5 use cases

  • Install Percho and start your first agent chat

    Download a prebuilt installer and open a visual chat with the Pi coding agent.

    View prompt
    Using the repo Jaxton07/percho, find the installer for <platform> on its Releases page and report the exact file name. Confirm the file name appears in the README download table for that platform.

  • Continue a Pi CLI session in the Percho window

    Pick up a terminal Pi session in the visual app without losing its history.

    View prompt
    In the repo Jaxton07/percho, check that the shared ~/.pi/agent/ directory is the one used for sessions, auth, and model settings. Report which session from <session-name> is visible in the Percho sidebar and whether its prior messages load.

  • Approve or deny each agent tool call visually

    Review every tool request in a dock and allow or block it before it runs.

    View prompt
    Using the repo Jaxton07/percho, start a session in <project-folder> and send a prompt that triggers one tool call. Report the tool name and the approval decision you made, and verify that the tool did not run before approval.

  • Watch a running agent session from a phone browser

    Scan a QR code to follow a session from a tablet or phone and act on approvals.

    View prompt
    In the repo Jaxton07/percho, enable the cross-device QR view for the session <session-name> and report the URL scheme you see on the QR code. Verify that a second device can load the session read-only before any remote action is enabled.

  • Run Percho from source to customize its themes

    Install dependencies, start the dev build, and run the checks before changing the UI.

    View prompt
    Using the repo Jaxton07/percho, install dependencies and start the development build, then run `npm run typecheck` and `npm run test`. Report the results and confirm the three packages (shared, backend, desktop) are present.

How to use Percho

  1. Check you have what it needs: A desktop computer running macOS, Windows, or Linux (x64), or Node.js 22.19 or newer for running from source; Access to a model provider through a supported subscription login or an API key; For the shared-session use case, Pi CLI sessions stored in ~/.pi/agent/ on the same machine.
  2. Open Jaxton07/percho on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Open the Releases page at https://github.com/Jaxton07/percho/releases and download the installer for your system.
  4. On macOS, if Gatekeeper blocks the app, open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway next to Percho.
  5. On Linux, run chmod +x percho-linux-x86_64.AppImage before the first launch, and install libfuse2 first on Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 and derivatives.
  6. Open Percho and sign in to a provider with the in-app OAuth flow or an API key.

These steps come from our top use case, Install Percho and start your first agent chat, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forDevelopers who use the Pi coding agent and want a visual desktop interface, or who want to customize or contribute to that interface.
  • Why it is hot
  • LanguageTypeScript
  • Sourcegithub.com/Jaxton07/percho · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • A desktop computer running macOS, Windows, or Linux (x64), or Node.js 22.19 or newer for running from source
  • Access to a model provider through a supported subscription login or an API key
  • For the shared-session use case, Pi CLI sessions stored in ~/.pi/agent/ on the same machine
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Questions about Percho

What is Percho?

Percho is a free, open-source desktop GUI that runs the Pi coding agent's engine in a visual chat interface with tool approvals and themes. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/Jaxton07/percho.

Who is Percho for?

Developers who use the Pi coding agent and want a visual desktop interface, or who want to customize or contribute to that interface.

What can I do with Percho?

5 use cases so far, for example: Install Percho and start your first agent chat; Continue a Pi CLI session in the Percho window; Approve or deny each agent tool call visually. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Percho?

A desktop computer running macOS, Windows, or Linux (x64), or Node.js 22.19 or newer for running from source; Access to a model provider through a supported subscription login or an API key; For the shared-session use case, Pi CLI sessions stored in ~/.pi/agent/ on the same machine.

What are alternatives to Percho?

Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Harness2, iFixAi, Orca, Diagram Design, AI Memory.

Is Percho 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.