# silt vs heyclicky

> both give ai spatial context. one lives on your screen, the other on your team’s canvas.

- canonical: https://silt.app/compare/silt-vs-heyclicky
- compared with: heyclicky (https://www.heyclicky.com)
- last updated: 2026-07-20

heyclicky is a lovely idea done well: a mac buddy that lives by your cursor, sees your screen when you press the hotkey, and lets you circle a spot and just ask about it out loud. spatial context, voice first, zero setup. for a person learning a tool or getting unstuck, it feels like a tutor sitting next to you.

silt takes the same instinct, point at the thing you mean instead of describing it, and moves it from your screen to your team’s canvas. hold option, circle the nodes you care about, and talk to just that region by voice or text. the difference is where the context lives: heyclicky’s is personal and gone when the screenshot clears, silt’s sits on a shared canvas your teammates and agents keep building on, and becomes part of the decision trail.

## feature comparison

| | silt | heyclicky |
| --- | --- | --- |
| spatial context | hold option, circle canvas content, talk to just that region | hold the hotkey, circle an area of your screen, ask about it |
| where context lives | a shared, persistent canvas | a screenshot in the moment (not stored) |
| voice | live calls on the canvas with transcripts that settle into nodes | voice-first, ask anything out loud |
| collaboration | real-time multiplayer, presence, one context for the whole team | single user, personal to your machine |
| agents | node + global agents that read and build on the circled context | background agents that go do a task for you |
| decision trail | decisions and reasoning captured as records, readable from your ide over mcp | keeps short text summaries for continuity |
| platform | web, any os | macos only (windows on the waitlist) |
| integrations | slack, linear, notion, attio, and more via plugins | sees whatever is on your screen, no integrations needed |

## pick heyclicky when

- you want a personal assistant that works over any app on your mac, not inside one workspace.
- you mostly work solo and want zero setup: press a hotkey, ask, get walked through it.
- your main job is learning tools or getting unstuck on your own screen, right now.

## pick silt when

- the spatial context needs to be shared: your teammates and their agents should see and build on the same circled region.
- you want that context to persist as a record, not vanish when the screenshot clears.
- you work across web, not just macos, and want integrations (slack, linear, notion) feeding the canvas.

## faq

### is silt a heyclicky alternative?

for teams, yes. heyclicky is a personal mac assistant that reads your screen; silt is a shared canvas where the same "circle it and talk about it" gesture produces context your whole team and their agents can build on, and that sticks around as a decision record.

### does silt have spatial context like heyclicky?

yes. in silt you hold option and circle the canvas content you care about, then talk to just that region by voice or text. the difference is that silt’s canvas is collaborative and persistent, so the context is shared rather than personal and ephemeral.

### does silt work on windows?

silt runs in the browser on any os. heyclicky is macos only today, with windows on a waitlist.

### is heyclicky better for solo work?

often, yes. if you work alone and want a zero-setup buddy that helps over any app on your mac, heyclicky is a great fit. silt earns its keep when the context needs to be shared and remembered by a team.

## verdict

they are not really the same shape. heyclicky is a personal, screen-wide tutor for a single mac; silt is a shared canvas for an ai-native team. the shared idea, point at what you mean instead of describing it, is exactly why teams should want it too.

if you are one person getting unstuck on your own screen, heyclicky is delightful. if your team wants spatial context that persists, is shared with teammates and agents, and turns into a decision trail, that is silt.

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