Download Northbeams

Install Northbeams.
See your AI by Monday.

Northbeams is four surfaces from one light install: the desktop app for Mac and Windows, plus the browser extension. Start with the desktop app.

Download for Mac →Download for Windows

Browser · Desktop · CLI · MCP · Network

One platform, two installs

The desktop app does the heavy lifting.

Northbeams is not just a browser extension. The desktop app for Mac and Windows watches outbound AI connections, process names, and the coding agents in your terminal. The browser extension adds in-page prompts and pastes. Install the desktop app first, then add the extension.

Get the apps

Start with the desktop app.

Northbeams for Mac

The desktop app for macOS. Watches outbound AI connections, process names, coding agents in the terminal, and the MCP Gateway.

Download for macOS →

Northbeams for Windows

The desktop app for Windows. Same coverage of desktop AI apps, the terminal, and the MCP Gateway.

Download for Windows →

Browser extension

Northbeams Monitor for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Reads in-page prompts and pastes on the surfaces the desktop app does not.

Chrome and Edge · Firefox

Setup

Three steps, about ten minutes.

Install the desktop app

Download Northbeams for Mac or Windows and open it. This covers desktop AI apps, the CLI, and the MCP Gateway.

Add the browser extension

Install Northbeams Monitor from the Chrome Web Store, or the Firefox build. This covers in-page prompts and pastes.

See your first sweep within 24 hours

Before you start

System requirements.

→macOS and Windows for the desktop app. No Linux desktop yet.
→Chrome, Edge, or Firefox for the browser extension.
→SSO with Okta, Entra, Google Workspace, or WorkOS on Enterprise.

Deploying to a team?

Push Northbeams across the fleet through Intune, Jamf, or Kandji. No user setup, no proxy, no network change. See the IT rollout guide →

See it. Approve it. Shut it down.

Free to start. One install, your whole AI map back within 24 hours.