Run multiple signed-in copies of your AI coding apps on one Mac.
Grok Bot, Cursor, Claude, and ChatGPT (Codex) don’t give you a clean work/personal switcher. Lots of Agents launches the same installed app with a private data folder per clone — so Work and Personal stay signed in at the same time.
One binary. Update once. Every clone picks it up. No copying .app
bundles.
Not affiliated with xAI, Anysphere, Anthropic, or OpenAI.
Download: Latest Release (Lots-of-Agents-unsigned.zip
)
If you are an AI agent installing this for a human on their Mac, follow only this section. Do not notarize. Do not open a PR. Do not invent alternate install paths.
Prefer the Release zip (no Swift toolchain needed). Fall back to building from source only if the download fails.
Run on the target Mac (macOS 14+). Confirm at least one supported app:
sw_vers
ls -d \
"/Applications/Grok Bot.app" \
"/Applications/Cursor.app" \
"/Applications/Claude.app" \
"/Applications/ChatGPT.app" 2>/dev/null
If none of those apps exist, tell the human to install Grok Bot, Cursor, Claude, and/or ChatGPT first. This repo does not ship those apps.
cd /tmp
curl -sL "https://github.com/carllippert/lots_of_agents/releases/latest/download/Lots-of-Agents-unsigned.zip" -o Lots-of-Agents-unsigned.zip
rm -rf "Lots of Agents.app"
unzip -o Lots-of-Agents-unsigned.zip
mkdir -p "$HOME/Applications"
rm -rf "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app"
mv "Lots of Agents.app" "$HOME/Applications/"
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app" 2>/dev/null || true
open "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app"
Needs Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install
) and swift
:
xcode-select -p
swift --version
git clone https://github.com/carllippert/lots_of_agents.git
cd lots_of_agents
swift run TwoCursorsTests
./scripts/build-app.sh
mkdir -p "$HOME/Applications"
rm -rf "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app"
cp -R "dist/Lots of Agents.app" "$HOME/Applications/"
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app" 2>/dev/null || true
open "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app"
- In Lots of Agents, click** New Clone**(or an app icon on the landing screen). - Pick an installed app (Grok Bot / Cursor / Claude / ChatGPT).
- Name it (e.g.
Work
orPersonal
) → create. - Select the clone → Launch. - Sign in inside that app window with the correct account.
- Repeat for a second clone if they want two logins.
Dock wrappers appear as e.g. Grok Bot Work.app
in ~/Applications
.
test -d "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app" && echo "app installed"
ls "$HOME/Library/Application Support/LotsOfAgents/profiles.json" 2>/dev/null && echo "catalog exists"
ls "$HOME/Applications" | grep -E 'Grok Bot|Cursor|Claude|ChatGPT' || true
After they create a clone, profiles.json
should list it and a wrapper .app
should exist under ~/Applications
.
Ad-hoc builds are normal. If macOS blocks launch:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app"
Then: right-click the app → Open → Open, or System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
- Do not require Apple Developer ID or notarization for a personal install
- Do not copy Grok/Cursor/Claude/ChatGPT into this project
- Do not store clones under a fake/sandbox
$HOME
(Parall, etc.) — the app writes to the real account home viagetpwuid
- Do not
sudo
anything for this install
You have two Cursor / Grok / Claude / ChatGPT logins (work + personal, client + side project) and you’re tired of signing out, using a second Mac user, or juggling browser profiles.
Isolated logins & chats— each clone has its own--user-data-dir
/ extensions dirShared app updates— still the official app in/Applications
Dock wrappers—Grok Bot Work.app
,Cursor Personal.app
, etc. in~/Applications
Optional deeper isolation— private~/.cursor
(skills / user rules) via a full-home overlay that still symlinks your real homeTinted icons— tell clones apart in the Dock
Supported today (if installed under /Applications
):
| App | Notes |
|---|---|
com.anysphere.sand
CursorClaudecom.anthropic.claudefordesktop
ChatGPT(Codex)com.openai.codex
— app is named ChatGPT.app
/Applications/Grok\ Bot.app/Contents/MacOS/Grok\ Bot \
--user-data-dir=~/Library/Application\ Support/LotsOfAgents/Profiles/<id>/user-data \
--extensions-dir=…/extensions
| Isolated per clone | Shared |
|---|---|
| Account / plan login | The real .app + its updates |
| Chats, settings, extensions | Git, SSH, project files |
Optional private ~/.cursor |
|
| Your real home (symlinked in overlay mode) |
-
Catalog / data:
~/Library/Application Support/LotsOfAgents/ -
Wrappers:
~/Applications/ -
Download Lots-of-Agents-unsigned.zip - Unzip → move Lots of Agents.app to
~/Applications -
Clear quarantine (or right-click → Open):
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Applications/"Lots of Agents.app"
open ~/Applications/"Lots of Agents.app"
Or build from source: ./scripts/build-app.sh
→ copy dist/Lots of Agents.app
.
Notarized DMG (optional, Apple Developer ID required): docs/NOTARIZE.md.
rm -rf "$HOME/Applications/Lots of Agents.app"
Removing Lots of Agents does not uninstall Grok/Cursor/Claude/ChatGPT.
Runs only on your Mac. No analytics. See PRIVACY.md.