Local AI Apps and Tools for Mac

RTK filters command output before an AI coding assistant reads it. It's for developers whose agents spend too much context on build logs, passing tests and repetitive terminal output.

Cua supplies desktops and automation tools for developers building AI agents that operate native apps and browsers. You bring your own agent and model; Cua provides the computer environment and ways to interact with it.

WhisperLive turns speech into text as audio arrives, using OpenAI's Whisper models. It's for developers and teams who want to run transcription on their own machine or server and connect it to live audio or recorded files.

OpenChatCut is an AI video editor for creators who want to direct edits through conversation and refine them manually. Agent changes become editable clips, captions, effects and audio tracks, so you can inspect or undo them in the same project.

AI Job Search is a job application framework for people who want to assess roles and prepare tailored documents from their own career profile. It runs through Claude Code on your machine, but AI work uses Anthropic's service and requires paid Claude access or API credits, so it isn't fully offline.

OpenCode is an AI coding agent for developers who want help writing code or exploring unfamiliar projects. You can choose a local model running on your hardware or connect a cloud provider.

XERJ is a local search engine for developers building AI agents that need to retrieve code, documents or stored knowledge without reading whole files into their context. It runs on a laptop or self-hosted server.

agentacct is a local dashboard for developers who want to see what coding agents did across projects and compare their work with resource use. It brings recorded activity and results into task receipts rather than relying on an agent's claim that a job is finished.

Kokoro Clipboard TTS reads selected or copied text aloud on Windows and macOS using Kokoro-82M. It's for people who want to listen to text across desktop apps while keeping it private. Speech generation works offline, and both clipboard text and audio stay on your machine. It doesn't require an account or API key, and it has no telemetry.

Agent Safehouse is a local macOS sandbox for developers who want coding agents to edit a project while limiting their access to unrelated files. The operating system enforces the restrictions, so they don't depend on the agent following written instructions.

Free Claude Code lets developers use coding agents with local models or a choice of cloud providers. It connects existing clients to a shared model catalog rather than requiring a separate coding workflow.

FreeLLMAPI gives developers one API for experimenting with cloud models and local backends. The router runs locally, but cloud inference still sends requests to the providers you enable.

PPT Master turns documents or topics into PowerPoint presentations for people who expect to edit the generated slides. It creates native PowerPoint objects that you can revise individually.

Moli is a headless browser for developers building AI agents, web scrapers and retrieval pipelines on their own machines or servers. It reads page content and executes JavaScript without continuously rendering a visual page.

CC Switch is a desktop manager for developers who use multiple AI coding assistants or API providers. It brings their settings into one interface and preserves existing plugins, hooks and other custom settings when switching providers.

spaCy is a Python library for developers and data scientists who need to extract structured information from text in their own applications. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, with model packages that become part of your application. It's free and open source under the MIT license.

MoneyPrinterTurbo is a self-hosted AI video generator for creators producing shorts from topics or keywords. It automates the production workflow while letting you supply your own content at each stage.

Hindsight is a memory system for developers whose AI agents need to carry facts and experience across sessions. It combines stored memories into observations and maintains answers to recurring questions as more information arrives.

LiteRT-LM is Google's open-source framework for developers building apps that run language models on the user's device. It uses LiteRT for local inference across mobile devices, desktops and browsers, with GPU and NPU acceleration. The project uses the Apache 2.0 license.

OCRmyPDF makes scanned PDFs searchable and lets readers copy recognized text from them. It's a command-line tool for people digitizing paper records and developers adding OCR to document workflows.

Hermes Agent is a self-hosted AI agent from Nous Research for people who want an assistant that remembers past work and handles recurring tasks. It runs on macOS, Linux and native Windows, or on a server you control. Model connections include Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI and your own endpoint; choosing a hosted provider sends model requests to that service.

PyGPT is a desktop AI assistant for people who want to chat with models, work with their documents and delegate tasks from one application. It supports local AI through Ollama alongside cloud providers.

Accentize dxRevive is a proprietary AI speech restoration plugin for macOS and Windows that reconstructs missing frequency content as well as reducing noise. It's aimed at podcast editors, content creators and dialogue editors working with damaged or poorly recorded speech. All audio processing stays on your computer, without cloud uploads or special hardware.

Claude Mem gives coding assistants persistent project memory, so developers can carry earlier decisions and failed approaches into later sessions without explaining them again.

Goose is a general-purpose AI agent for people who want help with coding, research, writing, automation or data analysis. It runs on your computer and lets you choose the model provider behind the agent.

River is a Python library for models that learn from incoming data one observation at a time. It's for developers and data scientists working with event streams, changing data patterns, or applications that need to update models without revisiting past training data. It runs in your own Python environment on Linux, macOS and Windows, and is open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Pi is a terminal coding agent for developers who want an assistant they can adapt to their projects. Its small core supports custom workflows through extensions and shareable packages.

Subtitle Edit is an offline desktop application for people creating captions or revising subtitle files alongside video. Editing, format conversion and playback run on your computer. Optional translation and speech services send requests to external providers.

Parrot is an open-source desktop app that reads selected text aloud in other applications. It's for people who prefer listening to written material or need text-to-speech for accessibility. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, and builds on Handy by CJ Pais as an MIT-licensed fork.

Ruflo is an AI agent framework for developers who want Claude Code and Codex to work as coordinated teams. It adds specialist roles and shared context for projects that involve coding, testing, architecture and documentation.

Codex CLI is a terminal coding assistant that works in your local repository on macOS, Windows and Linux. Developers can use it with models running locally through Ollama, including gpt-oss:120b, or connect to OpenAI through a paid ChatGPT account or API key. With OpenAI access, model requests go to the remote service even though file edits and commands run on your computer.

Reverse Skill gives AI coding agents workflows for reverse engineering, authorized penetration testing and CTF challenges. It's for security researchers who want their agent to select an analysis method and work with the tools available on their machine.

Cherry Studio is a desktop AI chat app for people who use several model providers and want one place to manage their conversations. It supports local model connections as well as cloud services.

vllm-mlx is a local LLM inference server for developers who want to connect AI apps and coding assistants to models running on an Apple Silicon Mac. One process exposes both OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible APIs. It's open source under Apache 2.0 and runs on macOS with at least 8 GB of unified memory.

FalkorDB is a self-hosted graph database for developers building GraphRAG applications and AI agents that retrieve connected facts. It stores entities, relationships and their attributes, with Cypher queries and vector search for finding relevant information. Docker runs the database on your own hardware; a separate hosted cloud service is also available.

WhisperLiveKit is a self-hosted speech-to-text server for meeting transcripts, live captions and apps that need speech recognition as people talk. It processes audio on your own machine or server.