--- title: Vibe Buddy: Hardware for AI coding | daily.dev description: Vibe Buddy is a small desktop robot designed to surface AI coding tool status at a glance. It shows when Codex or Claude Code is actively working, waiting for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-buddy-hardware-for-ai-coding-ohvpcevpb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vibe Buddy: Hardware for AI coding | daily.dev og:description: Vibe Buddy is a small desktop robot designed to surface AI coding tool status at a glance. It shows when Codex or Claude Code is actively working, waiting for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-buddy-hardware-for-ai-coding-ohvpcevpb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ohvPceVpb.png og:image:alt: Vibe Buddy: Hardware for AI coding og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Vibe Buddy: Hardware for AI coding **[Product Hunt](https://daily.dev/sources/ph)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Vibe Buddy is a small desktop robot designed to surface AI coding tool status at a glance. It shows when Codex or Claude Code is actively working, waiting for input, finished, or has hit a usage limit — eliminating the need to switch tabs to check progress. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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