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Run your AI company.

The free multi-agent harness for the coding agents you already use, on your own subscriptions. Hire them, hand them missions and watch them work in a living pixel office. You decide what they may do alone, and sign off the rest.

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FL 02 · Letter from the CEO

What pixel.ceo is, in one page.

Dear shareholder — which is to say, dear you,

This year we stopped treating AI coding agents like chat windows and started treating them like staff. pixel.ceo gives the command-line agents you already pay for — Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Grok, Kimi, Qwen, OpenCode, Copilot, Cursor, MiniMax, Hermes, or any terminal agent — a desk in a pixel office that runs on your own computer.

You hire an agent in a minute and set its folder, its access and its limits. You tell your coordinator what you want done, and it breaks the brief into work orders with an owner and a next action. You watch the floor: who is working, who is thinking, who is waiting on you. And whatever needs your call waits for your signature.

Your company lives in plain files on your disk. The Free core needs no account; Pro activates with a pixel.ceo account. No usage telemetry. Make the calls; let your agents do the work.

Chief Executive Officer
that's you

Approved — CEOFiscal year 0.8
FL 03 · How it works

Four moves. You stay the CEO.

Every CLI agent gets a desk, a mailbox and a manager: you. Their work becomes something you can see, steer and sign.

  1. Step 01

    Hire

    Pick an engine you already run, a role and a character. Set its folder, access and limits; it takes the elevator to its desk.

  2. Step 02

    Delegate

    Tell your coordinator what you want. It splits the brief into work orders, each with an owner and a next action.

  3. Step 03

    Watch

    See who is working, thinking or waiting on you — live on the floor, not in a terminal you're not looking at.

  4. Step 04

    Sign off

    Questions land in one queue. Approve or deny with A / D, or turn an answer into a standing rule.

FL 04 · New in 0.8.4

Fresh from the board.

A more flexible office and a workspace focused on your agents.

New · 01

Operations center

Agents, tasks and activity without keeping the office rendered.

New · 02

Your first room

Choose an empty room with a building guide or a furnished office with four desks, a cafe and servers.

New · 03

Account and settings

Simpler access and categories with cards and familiar agent and engine icons.

New · 04

Office life

More local encounters, gestures and breaks using the original artwork, without model requests.

Improved

  • Terminals. Less repeated work when switching agents and history controls to reduce renderer memory.
  • Visual rest. Inactive views can rest. Processes remain active; automatic engine shutdown stays disabled until safe suspension is available.
  • Identity and tasks. Plan icon in the managed Linux launcher, correct provider labels and counters that exclude archived tasks.
  • Engine modes. The selector appears when the engine confirms support.
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FL 05 · The staff

The CLIs you already pay for, on payroll.

Thirteen engines and your own CLI, each on your own subscription: nothing new to pay for. pixel.ceo is the harness and runs no model itself — it gives the ones you hire a desk, a mailbox and a manager.

  • Claude Codeclaude
  • Codexcodex
  • Antigravityagy
  • Grokgrok
  • Kimi Codekimi
  • Qwenqwen
  • OpenCodeopencode
  • Crushcrush
  • Pipi
  • Copilotcopilot
  • Cursorcursor-agent
  • MiniMaxmcode
  • Hermeshermes
  • Your CLIany

Hire in five steps

Nothing starts until you press «Hire». Missing a CLI? pixel.ceo can install most of them for you.

  1. RoleDeveloper, reviewer, tester, docs, researcher or your own.
  2. CharacterA name, a colour and a pixel look for the floor.
  3. EngineThe CLI, its model and a token cap.
  4. ProjectIts folder — in place, or on its own branch.
  5. ContractAccess, limits, working hours. Sign and hire.

Engine names belong to their owners and are shown only to say which command-line tools pixel.ceo can host; the small icons are our own pixel evocations, not their logos. Each engine runs under your own account and terms.

FL 06 · Projects

One floor per project.

A floor is a project: its folder, its agents, its instructions, its missions and its files. Open as many as you run.

  • Point a floor at a folder

    Name the project and choose its local folder. Then pick the coordinator, its engine and the office you like.

  • Worktrees when you want them

    Each agent works in the folder or on its own branch with a git worktree. The coordinator's temporary workers get one by default, and a worktree with unmerged work is kept.

  • Plain files, in git

    The floor's instructions, missions and memory live as plain files in a local git repository inside the folder you chose.

  • Floors in tabs Experimental

    Several floors in one window, Ctrl + 1…9 to switch. On by default; turning it off in Settings → Experimental features applies after a restart. Each open floor uses more memory.

FL 07 · Missions & mail

Delegate once. Track every order.

A real multi-agent team: your coordinator — Marco by default, on the engine you choose — breaks a brief into work orders for several agents at once. You see each one move.

  • A mission board

    Each ticket carries a reference, a status stamp, an owner and a next action. Filter it, drag it, archive it; the dispatch desk mirrors it on the floor.

  • One queue for questions

    When an agent needs a decision it lands in Questions: one decision per question, with a short recap when it helps and file paths you can open. A approves, D denies, «Always allow» turns it into a rule.

  • Mail between agents

    Agents write to each other through mailboxes and a router; mail is delivered when the receiver reaches a safe, idle prompt.

  • Reports you can act on

    Every mission ends in a report: view the changes, ask for a review, create a follow-up or reopen it. Subagents show up under their parent.

FL 08 · Work mode

Watch the floor. Or dive in.

Press F and the terminal takes the stage while the office shrinks to a corner window. Press it again to go back.

  • Real terminals

    Each agent runs in a real terminal on a resizable glass panel. Ctrl + / − sets the font size; ghostty-web is an optional engine.

  • Files, diffs and history

    A built-in Files tool with a code editor, the git changes of each agent, history and compare. Paths in the terminal and in questions open the file view inside the app; web links open in your browser.

  • All from the keyboard

    Ctrl + K opens the command palette. Right-click an agent: M message, A assign, P pause, S stop after this step.

  • Workspace mode Experimental

    An IDE-style view next to Office and Work: the project tree, the files each agent touched with their diff, a viewer and the terminals side by side. Off by default and it only reads the floor's project; turn it on in Settings → Experimental features.

FL 09 · The office

Build the office. Furniture that works.

«Edit office» lays out spaces, desks, chairs, screens and plants, with dividers, wall coverings and floors per space, and terrain that grows or shrinks without deleting anything behind your back. Right-click a chair to make it someone's seat; R rotates, Ctrl + Z undoes.

  • Live

    Dispatch desk

    Missions as folders in trays, a queue ticker and a drawer for closed work.

  • Live

    Floor screen

    Live numbers on the wall. Its «?» opens Questions; the rest opens the server room.

  • Live

    Server racks

    Hover for each subscription's quota; click for CPU and RAM.

  • Live

    Elevator

    New hires arrive by elevator and walk to the desk you gave them.

  • Coming soon

    Help bell

    The agent waiting on you walks over and rings it.

  • Coming soon

    Mailbox

    Unread mail on the floor; agents drop their mission reports in it.

  • Coming soon

    Idea board

    Notes from office chatter; accept one and it becomes a mission.

  • Coming soon

    Emergency lever

    One pull halts every agent, trigger and schedule. One click resumes.

Also coming: office radio, time clock, review table and report printer; and in the editor, one card per furniture family and a rehearsal mode.

Make it yours

Every look is free today; more themes and premium offices are on the way.

Four offices

Japandi ZenStartup LoftPenthouseTerminal VerdePremium offices · soon

Light, dark or automatic

CircuitClassicOceanForestOrbitAmberLive weatherDay and night

Four languages

EnglishEspañol简体中文العربية

Arabic runs right to left, all the way through.

FL 10 · Control room

Quota, CPU and RAM, at a glance.

Know what is left on each subscription and what every agent costs your machine, before anything slows down.

  • A quota ring on every face

    5-hour and 7-day windows where the engine reports them, refreshed every few minutes. The ring only takes colour when it runs low.

  • The server room

    CPU, RAM and subscriptions in one place, down to what each agent is using right now.

  • Caps per agent

    A token cap and a maximum of turns per agent, plus a daily budget you can track against today's spend.

  • A lighter office when needed

    With under 8 GB of RAM or no GPU, the Light profile runs the office at 24 fps without effects, one floor and two workers at a time.

FL 11 · Security

Autonomy, on a leash you set.

Decide how far each floor and each agent may go on its own. Rules, a circuit breaker and sealed keys come standard.

  • Three levels of autonomy

    Ask first, Autonomous or Unrestricted, per floor. An agent never goes beyond its floor; a change applies when its agents restart and resume.

  • Approval rules

    Always or never allow a command, for one agent or all, one project or all. A deny beats an allow, and «Always» never approves a dangerous command such as rm -rf or push --force.

  • A circuit breaker

    Repeated tool calls, error storms or token floods make it steer, then constrain, then stop the agent.

  • Sealed secrets and visitor mode

    API keys and integration secrets are encrypted at rest by your operating system. Visitor mode hides terminals, messages, git and memory when someone can see your screen.

  • «Stop everything»

    In the orchestrator menu, kept apart from the rest: it stops the current office and delegated work, and each result is reported per agent. The same menu pauses or resumes.

Coming soon

The next safety layer, planned before pixel.ceo Pro goes on sale.

  • Daily cap per floor Coming soon

    Measured in tokens or in a share of your plan; the floor pauses when it is reached.

  • Stuck-agent siren Coming soon

    Catches failure streaks, unknown tools, polling loops and missions that stop moving — then tells you why.

  • Protected files Coming soon

    .env, .git/, SSH keys and the secret store need your explicit approval, even at full autonomy.

FL 12 · Automations & integrations

Schedules, integrations and local models.

Put recurring work on the calendar, give orders from Slack, plug in MCP servers and run open models on your own hardware.

  • Routines on a real schedule

    Five-field cron, time zone, next run and a success, error or skipped history, with no duplicate runs on reopen. They run while the app is open: no system service is installed. And close the office at a time, in N minutes, when agents are idle or when missions are done.

  • Slack, webhooks and MCP

    Orders from a Slack channel; several webhooks, each with its own secret and mode. MCP servers such as fetch, git, filesystem, time and context7 come on; GitHub, databases, e-mail and search are one switch away.

  • Local models and your keys

    OpenCode, Crush, Pi and Qwen can talk to Ollama, LM Studio or vLLM on your machine. Bring your own keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter or Groq.

  • Chrome, the official way

    Claude Code drives Chrome through its official extension; Codex uses an isolated browser or your own Chrome.

Also in the box

Semantic memory & knowledge graphVoice dictation (your Groq key)Realtime voice with the coordinatorSpecialists & skills · curated catalogReady-made teamsHire links · pixelceo://hireDesktop notificationsKeep this computer awakeDay summaryOpen at loginNight shift · Pro, coming soonWeekly board report · Pro, coming soon
FL 13 · Your company, your machine

Local-first. Free needs no account. No usage telemetry.

Free needs no account. Pro activates with a pixel.ceo account and verifies its license, with no usage telemetry.

Stays on your disk

  • Floors & staffPlain files in a local git repository
  • Orders & memosEvery work order and reply, on your machine
  • Agent memoryYours after you delete the app, too
telemetry: false

The app checks updates, weather (Open-Meteo), CLI versions (npm registry) and skills (GitHub). Pro verifies its license. PixelCode uses a pixel.ceo server; your other engines and integrations connect to the services you configure.

Never collected

  • No usage analyticsSwitched off in the build, with no toggle
  • Free needs no accountPro requires an account and license verification
  • No credentialsLogins stay with each engine's CLI
FL 14 · Pricing

Start free. Pay as you grow.

The full core is free forever. Pro adds capacity to your office.

Available now

Free

US$0 forever

The full core, free

  • Unlimited agents on 1 active floor
  • Engines, hiring, delegation and approvals
  • Worktrees, MCP, security and local models
  • Usage display, existing token caps and dictation
Download free
Available

Pro

US$12 / month

or US$96 / year · US$8 per month

  • Up to 8 floors and unlimited agents
  • Remote machines, automations and token governor
  • Telegram, Slack, Pro voice and premium art
  • Beta channel and priority support
Buy monthly ProBuy annual Pro
Available

Founder's Edition

US$129 one-time

1,000 numbered seats · #0001–#1000

Hana wearing golden headphones beside founder plaque #0001
  • All of Pro for life, including updates
  • Up to 3 devices
  • Numbered plaque and exclusive skin
  • Founder wall, if you opt in
Buy Founder's

Prices in USD. No plan includes tokens: use your own subscriptions or provider keys. You pay with Stripe from your pixel.ceo account, and the plan activates when you sign in to the app with that account.

The first 200 on the list get 50% off Founder’s

Their FUND- coupon makes the one-time price US$64.50 instead of US$129. Coupons apply only to Founder’s; these seats count toward the same 1,000. Available until sold out or version 1.0.

What each plan includes
FeatureFreeProFounder's
Full core: engines, hiring, delegation, approvals, worktrees, security, MCP, local models and existing token caps✓✓✓
Agents per floorUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Simultaneous active floors1Up to 8Up to 8
Remote machines—✓✓
Night shift, weekly report and advanced cron—✓✓
Token governor: daily per-floor cap, savings mode and alertsView usage✓✓
Telegram, Slack and mobile control—✓✓
Pro voice: office voices and real time with your keyDictation✓✓
Premium themes, offices, characters and editor kitsBase✓✓ + exclusive skin
Beta channel and priority support—✓✓
Numbered plaque and optional founder wall——✓

Free needs no account. Pro activates with a pixel.ceo account. Installs predating plan restrictions retain multiple floors, remote machines and Telegram for 60 days after first running that version.

Ten numbered plaques and six agents wearing golden founder headphones

Founder wall

Only names of founders who choose to be listed will appear here. The wall is empty for now.

    FL 15 · First steps

    From download to first mission.

    Six steps, a few minutes. The guide walks through each one with every setting explained.

    1. Install pixel.ceo

      The Windows installer (or the portable build), the Linux AppImage or the Mac DMG. The Windows installer checks for updates; you confirm each install. On Mac and Linux, download the new version manually.

    2. Have one engine ready

      Install and sign in to at least one CLI — Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity… pixel.ceo can install most missing CLIs for you.

    3. Open your first floor

      Choose the language, name the project and point it at its local folder.

    4. Choose a coordinator

      Pick the engine and model for Marco, who turns your briefs into work orders.

    5. Hire your first agent

      Role, character, engine, project — in the folder or on its own worktree — and contract.

    6. Send a mission, sign it off

      Write the brief, watch the floor, answer questions with A / D, review the report.

    System requirements

    Windows
    Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit · installer or portable
    Linux
    x86_64 · AppImage
    Mac
    Apple Silicon (M1 or later) · DMG
    Memory
    8 GB RAM recommended; less switches to the Light profile
    Graphics
    GPU optional · Canvas 2D fallback
    Engines
    At least one agent CLI, signed in with your account
    Tools
    git for worktrees; Node only for CLIs installed with npm

    Install and updates

    Windows installer
    Downloads updates without interrupting you; you confirm the install, which closes the app
    Checks
    At launch, every 4 hours and when the computer wakes
    Engines
    New CLI versions are noticed and updated from the app
    macOS
    Apple Silicon only (M1 or later). Updates are manual for now: download the new version and replace the app
    Backups
    Verifiable backup and restore; recovering one office does not interrupt the others
    Read the guide →Download
    FL 16 · Questions

    Asked in the boardroom.

    Is pixel.ceo free?

    Yes. Free includes the full core, unlimited agents and 1 floor. Pro adds up to 8 floors, remote machines and other features; Founder’s includes Pro for life. No plan includes tokens. Existing installs retain multiple floors, remote machines and Telegram for 60 days after first running the version with plan restrictions.

    Do I need an account?

    Free needs no account. Pro and Founder’s are bought at account.pixel.ceo and activate when you sign in to the app with that account; the app verifies the license with no usage telemetry.

    Which engines can I hire?

    Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Grok, Kimi Code, Qwen, OpenCode, Crush, Pi, Copilot, Cursor, MiniMax and Hermes — plus any terminal agent as a custom CLI. Kimi, Copilot and custom CLIs join as workers; the coordinator needs an engine that can read the team inbox.

    Does pixel.ceo see my code or my prompts?

    No. The app does not send us your code, prompts or projects. Your engines (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) talk directly to their providers.

    Exception: if you choose PixelCode as your engine, your requests pass through the pixel.ceo server to run that engine.

    Does it run a model itself?

    No. Your engines do the work under your accounts. For open models, OpenCode, Crush, Pi and Qwen can use Ollama, LM Studio or vLLM on your machine.

    Can an agent break my project?

    You choose the autonomy of each floor, add approval rules, and the circuit breaker steps in on loops and error storms. With a worktree, an agent works on its own branch, away from yours.

    Can I use my existing repositories?

    Yes. Point a floor at any local folder. If it is a git repository, agents can work on their own worktrees.

    Is there a Mac version?

    Yes, for Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or later). It is signed ad-hoc and not yet notarized by Apple, so the first launch needs one extra step, and updates are manual for now. See the Mac steps. Intel Macs are not supported.

    How do updates work?

    The Windows installer checks at launch and every few hours and downloads without interrupting your work. On Mac and Linux, download the new version manually. Then you choose: wait for it to finish, cancel or confirm the install. Installing closes the app: running processes are not transferred and resuming tasks is not guaranteed. You can turn automatic updates off in Settings.

    Who makes pixel.ceo?

    Lex Laboratory, an independent studio. Write to hola@pixel.ceo.

    Do I need to give my e-mail to download?

    No. Every download link goes straight to the installer: Windows · Mac · Linux AppImage. E-mail is optional, on the download page.

    FL 17 · Board minutes

    What changed, in plain words.

    v0.8.4

    Latest

    A more flexible office and a workspace focused on your agents.

    New

    • Operations center. Agents, tasks and activity without keeping the office rendered. Open a small preview when needed.
    • Your first room. Choose an empty room with a building guide or a furnished office with four desks, a cafe and servers.
    • Account and settings. Simpler access and categories with cards and familiar agent and engine icons.
    • Office life. More local encounters, gestures and breaks using the original artwork, without model requests.

    Improved

    • Terminals. Less repeated work when switching agents and history controls to reduce renderer memory.
    • Visual rest. Inactive views can rest. Processes remain active; automatic engine shutdown stays disabled until safe suspension is available.
    • Identity and tasks. Plan icon in the managed Linux launcher, correct provider labels and counters that exclude archived tasks.
    • Engine modes. The selector appears when the engine confirms support.
    All the minutes →
    Roof · Ship it

    Your office is ready, CEO.

    Free, local and yours. Download v0.8.4 and hire your first agent in a minute.

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