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Use Canario on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude

Terminal emulator. With BCD, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps can open Canario on your Mac, read its window and press buttons or type, from your phone or another computer.

Works on

About Canario

Version
2026.09.18.35
Installs (last 365 days)
199 · #1,825 among Homebrew apps
Needs
macOS 14 or later
Updates
Updates itself
Homepage
rioterm.com/canario
Install
brew install --cask canario

Try asking

“Open Canario and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install Canario with Homebrew”
“Quit Canario and update it to the latest version”

Questions

Can ChatGPT control Canario?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open Canario, read the buttons and text it shows, press buttons, type and pick menu items. How far that goes depends on how much of its window Canario exposes to macOS accessibility.

Does this work on Windows?
No. BCD controls app windows only on a Mac. On Windows and Linux it works with files and commands.

Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Controlling the screen and apps is turned on per computer, and macOS asks once before BCD may control apps.

Try it on your computer

BCD connects ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps to your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer. One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card.

Program data from Homebrew, updated 2026-11-11. Installs are Homebrew's installs on request over the last 365 days.