Why Ghosthread exists

Every automation tool on Windows makes the same demand: "Stop what you're doing. Watch me work."

AutoHotkey steals your cursor. Selenium hijacks your browser. Zapier forces you into someone else's cloud. Even the friendlier tools — Raycast, PowerToys — take over your focus the moment they run.

Ghosthread started with a simple question: what if automation never asked for your attention?

We built it around Win32 message queue posting, decoupled frame buffers, and on-device WAL-mode SQLite. No clicks hijacked. No windows raised. No focus stolen. You keep typing while it works.

It's Windows 11 native because that's where the deep APIs live. It's local-first because your filesystem, chat logs, and API keys aren't our business. It's beta because we're still learning what you'll do with it.

If that sounds like something you'd want on your machine, join the waitlist. We read every reply.

— The Ghosthread team