Desktop App

The Reeve Desktop App is an Electron-based native application that bundles the Reeve gateway and Cockpit frontend into a single install. Double-click to launch — your agents are running in seconds.

What It Does

The desktop app provides:

• One-click launch — No terminal, no npm install, no manual config
• Bundled gateway — Full Reeve gateway running as a child process
• Cockpit UI — Next.js frontend served locally, opened in a native window
• Menubar tray — Quick access from the system tray
• Auto-updates — GitHub Releases integration with automatic update checks

How It Works

Reeve Desktop (Electron)
  ├── Spawns: Reeve Gateway (Node.js child process, port 18789)
  ├── Spawns: Next.js Frontend (standalone server, port 3100)
  └── Opens: BrowserWindow → http://localhost:3100/cockpit

The desktop app is a thin native wrapper. The gateway and frontend are the same code that runs in cloud and self-hosted deployments.

Supported Platforms