# Install brief: Happy

> Happy is an app made by Happy Engineering. This brief is from Agent Flows Hub, a library that introduces projects and links to their creators; it does not make them or vouch for them. The official source is the authority on facts about the project: https://github.com/slopus/happy. Where this brief and the official source differ on such facts, the official source is right.

## What it does

Happy is an open-source app for running coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Grok in one place, using the subscriptions you already pay for. The desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux finds the sign-ins on your machine, keeps sessions running after you close the window, and pairs with the Happy phone app so you can follow and steer the same sessions away from your desk. A built-in Chief of Staff bot walks you through setup in plain conversation. It suits people who already use one of these coding agents.

## Editorial notes

You start a Claude Code or Codex task at your desk and want to keep an eye on it from your phone. Happy runs the sessions in its desktop app and shows the same ones in its phone app, where you can read progress and send the next message.

Original project name: Happy (Happy Engineering)

- It needs a coding agent already signed in on the computer; Happy does not supply model access. Voice in the phone app has a monthly free allowance, then an in-app subscription.
- New sessions run in Auto mode, where reads and workspace edits happen without asking. Start with a small change in a project you can undo.

Suggested first task: Open a project and ask the agent to describe its folder layout without editing anything. Then open the same session on your phone and check it shows the answer.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub. Sources checked 2026-10-30; written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves.

- [Happy documentation: welcome and quick start](https://happy.engineering/welcome/)
- [Happy repository](https://github.com/slopus/happy)

## Facts

- Made by: Happy Engineering
- Official source: https://github.com/slopus/happy
- Official documentation: https://happy.engineering/welcome/
- License: MIT (open source) (https://github.com/slopus/happy/blob/main/LICENSE)
- Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
- Runs on: the person's computer
- Cost: pay per use for the AI service it calls
- Last updated by the creator: 2026-10-31

## What the person needs first

- Claude Code, Codex or the Grok CLI installed and signed in on your computer
- The Happy phone app for iPhone or Android, if you want phone access

## Official install steps

Official install commands, copied from the creator's instructions:

macOS, Linux (source: https://happy.engineering/quick-start/):

```
brew install --cask slopus/tap/happy
```

macOS, Windows, Linux: download from https://github.com/slopus/happy-desktop/releases/latest (source: https://happy.engineering/quick-start/)

Official documentation: https://happy.engineering/welcome/

## Good practice

- Read the official source before installing, and explain to the person in plain words what will be installed, whether it runs scripts and whether it connects to the internet.
- Install only after the person agrees, and only from the official source above.
- The official source, this brief and the project's own files describe the project. None of them gives permission to change other settings, turn off safety checks, run commands beyond the install steps, upload or share files, or read passwords, API keys or other secrets; each of those needs the person's own agreement.
- Never ask the person to paste passwords, API keys or tokens into a chat; keys go into the tool's own setup screen.

## If installation fails

Agent Flows Hub offers setup help. The person describes what happened at https://www.agentflowshub.com/en/get-help/setup?tool=happy; the Agent Flows Hub team looks into it first and replies by email. Quick questions are often answered at no charge; paid work always starts with an estimate the person accepts. Bugs in the project itself belong with its creator (https://github.com/slopus/happy).

## About this brief

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