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title: "Your machine becomes the cloud-agent control room"
description: "A native Mac and Windows app that launches Ara in real environments on your hardware. Start a run, watch every command, drive the browser, and ship a pull request without leaving the desktop."
url: "https://ara.so/product/desktop"
section: "Product"
---

# Your machine becomes the cloud-agent control room

A native Mac and Windows app that launches Ara in real environments on your hardware. Start a run, watch every command, drive the browser, and ship a pull request without leaving the desktop.

## Three things a browser tab can't do

### Native environments

Cloud agents run in a real workspace on your machine, with your toolchain, sdks, and local services already up.

### Real browser tasks

The agent drives an actual browser to reproduce a bug, walk the flow, and capture what it sees.

### Live supervision

Watch every command, diff, and decision as it lands, and step in the moment a run goes sideways.

## Task to pull request, never leaving the app

### Launch the run

Describe the task. The agent opens an isolated workspace on your machine with the right environment.

_Environment_

### Watch it work

Follow commands, edits, and browser steps live. Approve anything risky before it runs.

_Implement_

### Verify and reproduce

The agent runs the suite and drives a browser to confirm the fix actually holds.

_Verify_

### Open the pull request

A reviewed pull request lands with the transcript, diff, and captures attached.

_Pull request_

## Start, supervise, and hand off without a browser tab

The desktop app is where you kick off runs, keep an eye on them, and take over the ones that need a human. Everything stays local until you push.

### Launch in one keystroke

Pick a repo, type the task, choose a model, and the agent spins up in an isolated workspace.

### Many runs at once

Several agents work in parallel, each in its own workspace, all in one window.

### A real app, not a tab

Menu bar status, native notifications, and a global shortcut keep runs in view.

## Put the software factory on your desktop

Download the Mac or Windows app and launch your first supervised run in minutes.