Desktop features

On Windows, Linux, and macOS, Pyre behaves like a real desktop app — it lives in the tray, remembers its window, adapts to the screen, and gives you a keyboard-driven workflow.

Lives in the system tray

Closing the window minimizes Pyre to a tray icon instead of quitting. The tray icon has a context menu, and — importantly — a long generation keeps running in the background while the window is hidden. Pyre stays alive like a proper desktop app rather than dying the moment you click the X.

Single-instance guard

Launching Pyre a second time focuses the existing window instead of opening a duplicate. This prevents two copies fighting over the same local data file.

Window state persistence

Pyre remembers your window size and position across launches, with sane defaults and bounds sanitization, so it opens where you left it.

Responsive layout

Desktop offers two layouts, switchable in Desktop Shortcuts:

Wide — a NavigationRail with content laid out across the screen (the default on desktop). Use the room you have.
Phone-in-a-window — a centered narrow column that keeps the familiar mobile feel.

Pick whichever fits how you like to read and write.

Keyboard shortcuts and the command palette

Pyre is keyboard-driven on desktop. The core actions — Open Settings, New Chat, Search Characters, and the Command Palette — are all remappable per action and persisted, under Desktop Shortcuts.

The command palette gives you fast navigation and actions from the keyboard, without hunting through menus.

See the full list and defaults in the keyboard shortcuts reference.

Completion toasts

When a long generation finishes and the Pyre window isn't focused, you get a native OS notification (WinToast on Windows, NSUser on macOS, libnotify on Linux). Toasts are suppressed while you're watching, so you're only pinged when you've walked away. Start a slow reply, go do something else, and Pyre tells you when it's done.

Embedded BotBooru webview (Windows)

On Windows, Discover opens BotBooru in an embedded Edge WebView2 window inside Pyre, so you can browse and one-tap-import cards without leaving the app.

Note

On Linux and macOS, Discover opens the page in your external browser instead. The in-app embedded webview is a Windows feature.

Brand icon

Pyre carries its flame brand icon in the title bar, taskbar, and the .exe thumbnail.