Free AI Tools for macOS

Yap is a blazing-fast, open-source voice dictation app for macOS that runs entirely on-device, with no cloud, no API keys, and no account needed.

A macOS menu-bar app that gives AI agents the ability to draw directly on your screen via MCP.

AskCodi turns one conversation into a coordinated AI engineering team that plans, builds, and reviews code.

An open-source macOS video editor built for AI, with Metal-accelerated effects and AI-powered color grading.

A macOS menu bar app that connects to Stripe, GA4, and Google Search Console to celebrate real-time metrics with emoji rain, sounds, and full-screen reactions.

A free all-in-one window combining a terminal, real browser, and Claude Code for developers.

Rewisp is an on-device ambient memory for Mac that captures text from your screen and lets you ask anything about your past activity, automatically surfacing promises, changes, and summaries while keeping everything private.

An on-device macOS journal that uses AI to map moods and themes from voice and text entries into visual weather patterns.

PokeTokenBar turns your AI coding tokens into a Pokémon companion in the macOS menu bar, tracking usage and gamifying evolution.

Mispher turns speech into clean text anywhere on macOS, then goes further with dictation cleanup, rewrite-in-place, translation, and an on-device agent that plans, uses tools, and answers.

Yap is a blazing-fast, open-source voice dictation app for macOS that runs entirely on-device, with no cloud, no API keys, and no account needed.

A macOS menu-bar app that gives AI agents the ability to draw directly on your screen via MCP.

AskCodi turns one conversation into a coordinated AI engineering team that plans, builds, and reviews code.

An open-source macOS video editor built for AI, with Metal-accelerated effects and AI-powered color grading.

A macOS menu bar app that connects to Stripe, GA4, and Google Search Console to celebrate real-time metrics with emoji rain, sounds, and full-screen reactions.

A macOS menu bar app that tracks your Claude Code sessions locally, showing prompts, lines, cost, tokens, and active time.

A free all-in-one window combining a terminal, real browser, and Claude Code for developers.

Rewisp is an on-device ambient memory for Mac that captures text from your screen and lets you ask anything about your past activity, automatically surfacing promises, changes, and summaries while keeping everything private.

An on-device macOS journal that uses AI to map moods and themes from voice and text entries into visual weather patterns.

PokeTokenBar turns your AI coding tokens into a Pokémon companion in the macOS menu bar, tracking usage and gamifying evolution.

Mispher turns speech into clean text anywhere on macOS, then goes further with dictation cleanup, rewrite-in-place, translation, and an on-device agent that plans, uses tools, and answers.

nixmac is an AI-powered macOS configuration tool that uses Nix to turn your Mac into a reproducible, version-controlled system by describing what you want in plain English.

Glaze by Raycast is a desktop app builder that lets anyone create native macOS applications using natural language descriptions, with full offline capability and OS integration.

Macuse lets your AI assistant control macOS apps like Calendar, Mail, and Notes, all on-device.

Contextify keeps a private, searchable timeline of Claude Code and Codex sessions forever, with local AI summaries powered by Apple Intelligence.

Run any LLM locally on your Mac faster than LM Studio or Ollama, with chat, coding agents, images, video, and voice, all fully offline and open source.

A macOS app that keeps AI agent essentials like Claude and Codex sessions, token usage, and permissions visible in your Mac notch.

Keeps your Mac awake only while AI coding agents are actively working, and lets it sleep when they finish.

Purr is a free, open-source, on-device voice-to-text dictation app for macOS Apple Silicon with no cloud round-trips.

A read-only Markdown and HTML reader for macOS, purpose-built for reviewing AI-generated documents in development workflows.

Local-first AI intelligence engine for macOS that builds private memory from screen OCR, email, and calendar, then provides proactive assistance and autonomous task execution.

Trace captures your microphone and system audio, transcribes locally on your Mac, and hands you a markdown transcript with flagged moments inline.

Wandesk is a free AI desktop workspace for macOS that lets you build custom apps, use built-in tools like notebook and ledger, and integrate AI models—all locally.

Comnyang is a pixel cat desktop companion that follows your cursor, reacts to keystrokes, provides stretch reminders, and integrates with AI agents to show their work status.

A native macOS dictation app that turns your voice into text instantly. Local Whisper for complete privacy or Groq for real-time speed. No accounts. No friction.

Ghostty is a fast, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux with native UI, tabs, splits, themes, and modern terminal protocols.