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title: Overview
description: What Rounds is, and what its name means.
---

Rounds is a macOS app that shows the live state of your AI coding sessions in one list. A small pill sits at a screen edge. Hover or click it, and the session window slides out.

<img class="shot-light" src="/screenshots/window-light.png" alt="The Rounds session window with sessions in a list">
<img class="shot-dark" src="/screenshots/window-dark.png" alt="The Rounds session window with sessions in a list">

## What it shows

Rounds shows each session of Claude Code, Codex and herdr agents, with its state: working, needs your input, ready, and more. It runs in the background. It has no Dock icon and no menu bar item. The pill is its only entry point.

## The name

Rounds is a round of drinks: one for each session. The four filter tiles have bar names: Last Call, On Tap, Served and Aged. When nothing needs you, Rounds asks: "Another round?"

## Next

- [Install](/install) Rounds and set up the hooks.
- Learn the [pill](/pill) and the [session window](/session-window).
- Read the [privacy](/privacy) page: Rounds sends nothing anywhere.