Desktop app

The desktop app for Mac and Windows runs the same Opisense as the web, and can also let bots use your own computer.

Install

Mac: download Opisense (Apple silicon and Intel), open it, and drag Opisense to Applications.
Windows: download the installer and run it.

The app updates itself.

Choose a server

The first time it opens, the app asks which server to use:

Opisense Cloud: sign in to your Opisense Cloud account.
Existing instance: connect to an Opisense server you or your team already run. Enter its Server address and choose Check connection.

To switch later, use Change Opisense Server… in the app menu (Cmd+Shift+K, or Ctrl+Shift+K on Windows).

To keep a second account signed in on the same server, choose Add account in the account menu. See More than one account.

Let bots use this computer

The desktop app can give bots access to the computer it runs on, to run commands and work with your files.

Turn on Let bots use this computer in Settings → General under Computers. Your computer then shows as Connected or Offline there.

The app asks Allow bots to use this computer? before access is granted. Each signed-in account is asked on its own: allowing one never lets another account's bots use this computer. See The bot's computer.

Warning

With Use this Mac, bots can run commands without asking. Don't choose it for a server other people use.

Updates

The app checks for updates and downloads them in the background. When one is ready, an Install update button appears at the bottom of the sidebar, or choose Restart when asked. Check for Updates… in the app menu checks now.

Shortcuts

Cmd+N (Ctrl+N): create a bot, group or space.
Cmd+K (Ctrl+K): jump to any bot.
Cmd+, (Ctrl+, in the desktop app): open Settings.
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab (desktop app): switch to the next or previous bot.
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Down / Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Up (browser): switch to the next or previous bot.

The dock icon shows a badge count of unread chats.