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Local, open-source (Apache 2.0) voice layer for Claude Code and Codex on macOS that reads your coding agent's progress aloud. Kokoro text-to-speech on your Mac, no account or API keys: hear a short spoken summary when your agent finishes or fails.

Why this job: says: text to speech; topics: text-to-speech, tts, voice-assistant

What it does

  • Narrates with judgment, not transcription. Heard decides what to say from context: what just ran, whether it's a decision moment or routine progress, what you've already heard. Not every tool call gets the same airtime.
  • Says what matters. In the app. questions, approvals, results and failures, kept short. The open-source engine has three listening modes, see below.
  • Every agent, one voice layer. Claude Code and Codex through hooks, cloud agents through one MCP URL, all in the same spoken queue.
  • Out of your way. Holding right ⌘ shows a small Listening pill; a soft light at the screen edge is Parrot's, shown while it listens, thinks or answers; the corners hold mute (bottom left) and Settings (bottom right).
  • Your iPhone *(Power)*. Text or call Parrot from your iPhone.

Get started

No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)

Maintenance
Active
Last commit 3 days ago
Stars
217
On GitHub
Licence
Apache-2.0
Allows business use
Downloads for
Mac
From the latest release
Latest version
v2.0.16
Released yesterday
Built with
Python
94% of the code

Is it looked after?

Contributors
1
Last 90 days
Issues
44% closed
5 still open
Pull requests
31 merged
3 waiting
Releases
23
23 in the last year

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Download files, v2.0.16

  • Mac2 files, 37 downloads

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Languages

  • Python 94%
  • HTML 5%
  • Shell <1%

Topics

  • ai-agents
  • claude-code
  • codex
  • developer-tools
  • hands-free
  • macos
  • text-to-speech
  • voice-assistant
  • agent-notifications
  • claude-code-hooks
  • codex-cli
  • kokoro

Project record

  • JobSpeech and audio
  • StatusListed
  • Commits637
  • Forks30
  • Watching9
  • Stars in 28 days+15
  • CreatedApr 24, 2026
  • First seen by usNov 7, 2026
  • CheckedNov 9, 2026

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