# Peek

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Peek and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Shows live website previews when you hover over the Mac menu bar, and a CLI lets Claude Code see the browser. Some critics say they find little value in it.

## Why people recommend it

- Lets Claude Code see the browser (2 comments): "Looks nice when I want to do css coding task with Claude Code and let it check the result, but don't want to give it too much permission." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827302)) "I built a cheap solution that lets them see your browser." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886203))
- Missed by Arc browser users (2 comments): "The main features I miss from Arc are Peek" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50199454)) "Oh man I’m going to miss peek :(((" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203384))

## What people warn about

- Agent access needs careful permissions (1 comments): "Looks nice when I want to do css coding task with Claude Code and let it check the result, but don't want to give it too much permission." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827302))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Peek", https://hackerapproved.com/p/peek/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).