Glance
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 13 Sep 2026; it is registered on GitHub and PyPI and has been in the index since 29 Jun 2026. How this is checked
Glance is an open-source software development kit (SDK) for macOS designed to provide artificial intelligence applications with structured data about native app user interfaces. By reading the macOS accessibility tree—the same API used by VoiceOver—Glance enables AI systems to access detailed information about UI elements such as buttons, text fields, sliders, their labels, values, and exact pixel coordinates. This approach eliminates the need for screenshot-based workflows…
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Overview
5 featuresPurpose: Providing AI applications with structured, real-time UI data from macOS apps without relying on screenshots.
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Audience: AI developers, macOS developers
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Functions: agents, data_extraction
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Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: unknown
Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: MIT · platforms: CLI · deployment: cli, macos
Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.
Record sources: glance.run · github.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.
Glance sits in PulseGate's Frameworks & SDKs category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on providing AI applications with structured, real-time UI data from macOS apps without relying on screenshots. Inferred · not functionally tested: Glance is an open-source project aimed at AI developers, macOS developers. Basis unknown · not verified: Glance is open source under the MIT license. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for the command line and macOS.
rishabhsai builds and maintains Glance, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 34 stars and 9 commits in the last 90 days. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include accessibility tree parsing, macOS SDK, and Structured UI data.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested
- Accessibility tree parsing
- macOS SDK
- Structured UI data
- AI integration
- No screenshots needed
Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested
Built with & integrations
- Vercel
- x-vercel-id header · x-vercel-cache header
- multiple
- bLangChain in the HTML
- anthropic
- bclaude in the HTML · bclaude- in the HTML
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Frequently asked questions about Glance
- What does Glance do?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Glance focuses on providing AI applications with structured, real-time UI data from macOS apps without relying on screenshots. It is catalogued under Frameworks & SDKs on PulseGate.
- Who should use Glance?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Glance is an open-source project built for AI developers, macOS developers.
- Does Glance have a free plan?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Glance is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
- What platforms does Glance run on?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Glance runs on the command line and macOS.
- Is Glance still active?
- PulseGate's liveness check found it on 13 Sep 2026. Its GitHub repository shows 9 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to Glance?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Glance, Glance AI, and Glance.GlanceGlance AIGlance
- Who makes Glance?
- Glance is developed by rishabhsai.
- When did Glance launch?
- Glance first shipped in 2026.
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