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Today I'm really happy to share with you SidekickBar, a tool I built because I was tired of losing focus by jumping to the browser for quick AI queries. Most apps don’t have assistants built in, so I wanted something system-wide, fast and always there.
As someone who works on both Linux and Windows, I needed something lightweight and cross-platform. I started experimenting with integrating Copilot into a standalone UI, but quickly realized I needed more flexibility. Copilot is fine for general questions, but I prefer Claude for development or Gemini when writing. So… I ended up creating a multi-agent app that lets me switch between assistants depending on the moment.
For curious developers: SidekickBar is built mostly with Electron, styled with Tailwind, and the entire UI was built with Svelte.
I’d love to hear your thoughts, feature ideas, or even edge cases you’d like to see handled.
Amazing product. As one who is using AI to both generate code and ask the AI what the code means to further learn and enhance my work-in-progress AI Chatbot project this is a big help.
I love the idea, two feedbacks:
MCPs! Allow me to set custom MCPs (in models that support it)
Allow me to change the default location. Currently it pops up in the wrong monitor on the wrong corner so it's basically useless for my current setup.
I absolutely love the idea! I'm sure it'll make me feel like a superhero. I’m curious about how you handle updates as these AI models evolve so quickly? Do users automatically get access to the latest versions of tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.? Excited to see how this improves daily productivity!
I'm loving SidekickBar for keeping me in flow instead of constantly tab-switching lol! Plus w/ the different AI assistants available system-wide w/ simply a hotkey is exactly what my workflow needed!! Great work creating this cross-platform solution, Manuel!
How are you addressing concerns about SidekickBar’s higher RAM and CPU usage as an Electron app, especially for users on lower-end machines?
How does SidekickBar manage context switching between multiple AI agents while keeping the user experience smooth and consistent?
Yesterday, I told one guy it would be cool to have a sidebar for his project (analysing competitors according to business idea).
Now, you have applied something similar to AI. It is like reading my thoughts! :D
