Linux
A desktop with a browser, terminal and file manager, or a lightweight shell for code and services. No Docker needed.
Noodle Computer
Real computers for your agents.
Linux, Mac and Windows computers that run privately on your Mac. Use them yourself, give them to agents in Noodle, or connect Claude Code, Codex and any MCP client.
Free and open source. Needs an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 26 or later.
Its own machine
Each computer has its own disk, terminal and desktop, apart from your files and your apps.
Still there tomorrow
Files and installed software stay with the computer across restarts and upgrades.
Yours to open
Open any computer to see what your agent has been doing, or to take over.
Linux, Mac or Windows.
Pick the system the job needs. Each one gets a desktop, a terminal and a file browser in the same window.
Mac Experimental
A separate macOS account on this Mac, signed in in the background with its own desktop and files.
Windows Experimental
Windows 11 for Arm, downloaded from Microsoft and set up for you. Terminal opens PowerShell. Needs macOS 27.
Made for agents. Any agent.
Noodle Computer comes with a command-line tool and an MCP server. Add it to Claude Code or Codex with one line, and your agent can create computers, run commands and move files.
Claude Code
Codex- Any MCP client
- Scripts and shells
$ claude mcp add noodle-computer -- noodle-computer mcp Added stdio MCP server noodle-computer $ noodle-computer list Build box Linux Shell running Office Windows 11 stopped $ noodle-computer upload --computer "Build box" \ --source report.csv --destination /workspace/report.csv $ noodle-computer open --computer "Build box" { "terminal": "t1" } $ noodle-computer write --terminal t1 --text "make test"
Allow “Claude Code” to use Noodle Computer?
It can create computers and use the ones you lend it.
You decide what it touches.
Outside access is off until you turn it on, and Noodle Computer asks before any app connects.
- It asks every time an app wants to create a computer.
- An app sees only the computers it created and the ones you lend it.
- It can change or delete only its own computers.
- Turn any app's access off in Settings, one computer at a time.
Even better with Noodle.
Add a computer to a bot in Noodle and it starts when the bot needs it. The window can stay closed while the work goes on.
Share it between agents
Give the same computer to several agents working on the same files. Each gets its own terminal.
See what they see
An agent can show you its terminal or desktop in the conversation. Click it to open that computer.
Signed in once
Sign in to a website in the desktop's browser, and agents can work in those pages from then on.
Files go in and out on your terms.
Drag files and folders between Finder and a computer, preview them with Space, and search, rename and move them in Files.
Up to 8 GB a file
Large imports and exports show their progress and can be cancelled.
Make it yours
Give each computer a name, an icon, a background and terminal colours.
Upgrades keep your work
Fetch the latest image while keeping your files and installed software.
Private by design.
Linux and Windows computers each run in their own virtual machine. They cannot see your folders or your clipboard, and nothing crosses over unless you or an agent copies it.
Runs on your Mac
No cloud machines and no account. Your computers are stored on your disk.
Nothing shared by default
Host folders and the clipboard stay out of reach.
Offline if you like
Turn off networking for a Shell computer.
Open source
Every line of code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Download Noodle Computer.
Use it on its own, from your favourite agent, or with Noodle.