A translucent AI assistant that hovers over your screen

What it does

Free Cluely is an Electron app that pins a nearly invisible, always-on-top window to your screen. It grabs screenshots on demand, fires them at a local Ollama instance or Google Gemini, and returns answers, explanations, or meeting notes in a contextual chat thread. The README also claims it can process audio recordings for transcription and analysis.

The interesting bit

The app is unabashedly built for high-stakes stealth: the README lists “online exams” and “technical interview coaching” as primary use cases, and the process still answers to Interview Coder in Task Manager. That moral ambiguity aside, the privacy angle is genuinely unusual—you can run Llama 3.2 entirely offline, and the author claims screenshots are auto-deleted after processing.

Key highlights

• Runs fully offline via Ollama (Llama 3.2, CodeLlama, Mistral) or hits Google Gemini for cloud speed
• Translucent overlay toggles visibility with global hotkeys and can be moved without stealing focus
• Cross-platform Electron wrapper for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• ISC license, pitched as a zero-cost alternative to $29–99/month commercial tools

Caveats

• The app’s close button is non-functional; quitting currently requires a force-kill from the OS
• The author states they have “limited time for active maintenance”
• Residual references to Interview Coder in process names suggest a rapid rebrand

Verdict

Worth a look if you want a hackable, offline-first screen companion for note-taking or presentations. Avoid if you need polished UX or dependable maintenance—the app still carries the scars of a hurried build.