Use KStars on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude
Astronomy software. With BCD, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps can open KStars on your Mac, read its window and press buttons or type, from your phone or another computer.
Works on
- MacPartly
Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what KStars shows and presses buttons, types and picks menus. How far it goes depends on the app. macOS asks once to allow it.
- WindowsNo
BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.
- LinuxNo
BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.
About KStars
- Version
- 3.8.5
- Installs (last 365 days)
- 230 · #1,709 among Homebrew apps
- Needs
- macOS 13 or later
- Homepage
- kstars.kde.org
- Install
brew install --cask kstars
Try asking
“Open KStars and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install KStars with Homebrew”
“Quit KStars and update it to the latest version”
Questions
Can ChatGPT control KStars?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open KStars, 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 KStars 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.