Getting started

What you need

Bwee wraps Claude Code in a native Mac app. Claude Code does the thinking; Bwee gives it a UI. If you don't have Claude Code installed yet, Bwee will walk you through it on first launch.

Install Bwee

1. Download the DMG from bwee.app.
2. Open the DMG and drag Bwee into your Applications folder.
3. Launch Bwee. If macOS shows a security prompt, open System Settings > Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway."

If Claude Code is already installed, Bwee finds it automatically. If not, Bwee walks you through setup on first launch.

Your first build

1. Click New Task in the sidebar and choose a project folder.
2. In the terminal, describe what you want: "Build me an expense tracker" or "Create a trip planner with a map."
3. Claude builds it. The UI appears side-by-side with the terminal.

The terminal is always on the right. Your view is on the left. You can keep chatting to refine it, ask for changes, or start over.

The view system

Views are custom interfaces that Claude builds and Bwee hosts. They run locally on your Mac, inside the app. Each view is a standalone component.

Views persist across sessions. Reopen a task and the view is still there. Browse all your views in the sidebar under the project folder. You can pin views to keep them accessible, or open them in any task.

You can also build views for working with files: markdown editors, data viewers, dashboards. Ask Claude to "show me this CSV as a table" or "build a markdown editor for my notes" and it will create a view for it.

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