Orbtile：用罗技 MX Creative Keypad 实时查看哪个 AI 编程智能体需要你

A status pad for AI coding agents

Know which agent
needs you.

Turn your Logitech MX Creative Keypad into a live view of your coding agents. See who is working, who is done, and who needs your attention.

Install it, plug in the keypad, and your agents show up. No account needed during the beta.

Needs an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 14.0 or later and the Logitech MX Creative Keypad. Windows and other keypads: join the waitlist.

macOS menu-bar app/0.2 beta/free during the beta

Keep work in view

Less checking. A clearer next step.

See work as it happens

One key per session. Read its state, tool and latest words where supported, without opening every chat.

Learn to read the keys

Spot the requests

Waiting sessions come first, followed by working sessions and recent finishes. Labels and your agent’s alarm colour show what needs you.

Key order and gestures

Open the right session

With Key actions on, tap the hub to open the first waiting session. Hold it to see your sessions on the Mac. Supported agents can also receive keypad approvals and answers when enabled.

See the Mac session view

The actual Orbtile panel with sample sessions. Hold opens this view on the Mac; the keypad stays on the grid. Page arrows sit below the keys, and extra controls are in the menu.

Compatibility

Works with your agents.

Keypad approval is optional and off by default. Both Key actions and the agent’s keypad setting must be on. Typed answers and unsupported questions use Answer on Mac. See supported actions and limitations.

The Logitech MX Creative Keypad is supported today. Connect your own agent through an adapter, or vote for another keypad.

How it works

Set up once. Keep your agents in view.

01

Install and take over the keypad

Open Orbtile from Applications and take over the keypad from the menu bar. Connect your agents in Settings > Agents. Local hooks use a private socket on your Mac; some agents use local session files. Each integration can be turned off or removed. Logi Options+ stays installed if you have it, but is not required. Read what gets installed and read.

02

Every session gets a key

Each session shows its name and state. Waiting sessions come first; supported agents also show the latest text. See which agents provide live text.

03

The one that needs you glows

Labels and your agent’s alarm colour draw attention to a request. Tap a key to open its session where supported.

Turn on keypad approvals to allow or deny from the keys and to pick answers to multiple-choice questions, for agents that support it. The question stays on screen too. See what each agent supports.

Agent states

Every state has a name.

The label tells you the state. Motion and your agent’s alarm colour help you spot requests, so colour is never the only signal.

Approval

Waiting for your approval.

Question

Waiting for your answer.

Error

An API or tool error stopped the turn.

Tool

Running a tool; its name and command appear on the key.

Writing

Writing text; supported agents show the latest words.

Thinking

Working on the next step.

Compacting

Summarising a long context.

Done

Finished, and you have not looked yet.

Idle

Open and waiting for a prompt.

Offline

The session ended or stopped reporting.

These views come from Orbtile’s keypad renderer. See the guide for the full state legend and motion settings.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Does Orbtile replace Logi Options+?

No. Orbtile doesn’t need Options+; it drives the keypad over USB by itself. If Options+ is installed, it stays installed and keeps updating; Orbtile never modifies it. Switch between Orbtile and Options+ at any time from the menu bar, or hold both page buttons on the keypad for 1.5 seconds. When you quit Orbtile, the keypad goes back to Options+.

Does Orbtile change my agent apps?

It adds optional plugins or hooks for supported agents. Review each integration before enabling it. Session files and task databases are read for display; databases are opened read-only. Turn agents off or remove their integrations in Settings. Remote hooks are installed only on SSH hosts you choose. See the files, reads and removal steps.

Which AI agents are supported?

The supported agents can share the keypad, with a colour you choose for each. Keypad approval is optional and off by default for each agent. See the integration guide for support details, or connect another agent through the Adapter API.

Can I answer questions from the keypad?

For supported agents, pick numbered options, including multiple choices when allowed, then hold Send for 0.6 seconds. The question stays on screen. Enable the agent's keypad interaction and Key actions first. Support varies by agent; typed answers are entered on screen. See the key map and gestures.

Which keypad themes can I choose?

Frosted glow, Globules and Point cloud. Point cloud draws a lattice of crisp round dots; Globules draws turning spheres of glowing globules, with its loop reset fixed in 0.2. Pick a theme in Settings > Appearance. Tool motion follows the kind of tool.

Which keypads are supported?

The Logitech MX Creative Keypad (its nine LCD keys and the two page buttons). Other devices come when enough owners ask: vote for yours.

Does Orbtile send data?

Orbtile checks a signed beta status file at orbtile.com and sends a small usage summary at most hourly in 0.2.6 (every two hours in earlier versions) while it runs, only when it changed: counts and minutes (app starts, sessions per agent, AI model names, features used) under a pseudonymous machine ID. The server keeps daily totals and changes by UTC hour of report receipt per pseudonymous Mac. Automatic reports never send prompts, transcripts, file paths or names. Chosen remote hosts send display events over SSH. Local agent events travel over a private Unix-domain socket that only your user account can open, and stay on your Mac. Feedback messages contain what you type and are stored as submitted; please leave out secrets, personal information and private task text. The beta needs no licence key and no account. Signing in is optional and only used for encrypted settings sync and the phone pad. Read the privacy notice for details.

Is the app notarised?

The beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarised by Apple. First open steps:

1. Open Orbtile from Applications. When macOS shows Orbtile Not Opened, click Done (never Move to Trash).
2. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway next to “Orbtile was blocked to protect your Mac”.
3. Confirm with Touch ID or your password.
4. Open Orbtile again and click Open.

Open Anyway is available for about an hour after the blocked launch; if the button is gone, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Orbtile.app, which removes the app’s quarantine flag, in Terminal, then open Orbtile again.

Find steps and checksums on the download page.

What does it cost?

Orbtile 0.2 is free during the beta. Beta builds stop working when 1.0 ships, with at least 30 days' notice. Orbtile 1.0 is pay what you want from EUR 19 for up to 5 Macs, with a 14-day trial. Read the pricing details.

Do I need an account?

No. The keypad works without one. Sign in with Google or email only if you want encrypted settings sync between your Macs or the phone pad. Orbtile 1.0 will need an account, because it holds your licence.

What do I need?

A Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later, a Logitech MX Creative Keypad, and a supported agent.

My sessions were already running. Do I have to restart them?

Existing sessions can appear from local files. If your agent loads hooks only at launch, restart its sessions after installing or updating the integration. See the setup guide for your agent.

Waitlists

We build what people ask for.

Two short lists, email only. We write once, when there is something to try.

What we keep

• Your email, the list you joined, and the boxes you ticked. No name.
• Our own page-view counters use no visitor ID or tracking cookies. Optional Google Analytics runs only after your consent.
• Entries are scheduled for deletion after 730 days; cleanup runs when the form is submitted.
• Every email has an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing deletes your entry at once.

Waitlist privacy notice (version wl-2026-09-29s)

Support

Support development

Orbtile is free while it is in beta. If it helps you, you can leave a tip. Tips are a thank-you: they do not buy a licence or any perk.

Beta builds stop working when 1.0 ships, with at least 30 days' notice. Orbtile 1.0 is pay what you want from EUR 19 for up to 5 Macs, with a 14-day trial.

Put your agents where your hand already is.

Free during the 0.2 beta. Needs macOS 14 or later and a Logitech MX Creative Keypad.