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ViewFor developersAn Agent That Codes With YouIt reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal.
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ViewFor developersAn Agent That Codes With YouIt reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal.ViewThe Biggest Names in AI
Assistants to Ask Anything
ChatGPTOpenAI's ChatGPT assistant for Mac, iPhone, iPad and the web; the Mac app also holds Codex since July 2026. 4.6View
ClaudeAnthropic's Claude assistant: chat, files, web search and code, as a Mac app, an iPhone and iPad app and on the web. 4.1View
GeminiGoogle's Gemini assistant, with a desktop app for Apple silicon Macs, an iPhone and iPad app and a web version. 3.9View
PerplexityAI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources; the Mac app adds Personal Computer, an agent for your Mac. 3.7View
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft's Copilot assistant as a native Mac app from the Mac App Store, and on the web.ViewCoding Agents
Codex CLIOpenAI's open-source coding agent for the terminal: it reads, edits and runs code in your project folder. 4.8ViewClaude CodeAnthropic's coding agent: it reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, an IDE or the Claude app. 4.7ViewZedFast open-source code editor with built-in AI: edit predictions, an agent panel and external agents such as Codex. 4.2View
CursorAI code editor with an agent that plans and edits across files, plus a terminal CLI and an iPhone app. 3.3ViewGitHub CopilotGitHub's AI assistant inside your editor: code suggestions, chat and an agent mode in VS Code, Xcode and others. 1.9ViewRuns on Your Mac
Private by default: the AI runs on your own Mac.
Open Models for Your Mac
Free to download. Each shows the memory it needs.
16 GB or Less
Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta's 8B multilingual chat model with a 128K-token context; small enough for an 8 GB Mac at 4 bits. 4.5View
Qwen3.5 9BA 9B model from Alibaba that reads text, images and video, covers 201 languages and fits on a 16 GB Mac. 4.2View
Gemma 4 E4BA small Gemma 4 model that takes text, images and audio, with a 128K-token context; fits an 8 GB Mac at 4 bits. 3.1View
Phi-4 mini instructMicrosoft's 3.8B model focused on reasoning, maths and logic, with a 128K-token context; about 2 GB at 4 bits. 1.5View48 GB and More
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek's 284B mixture-of-experts model with 13B active and a 1M-token context, for Macs with 256 GB of memory. 3.7View
gpt-oss-120bOpenAI's larger open-weight reasoning model: 117B parameters with 5.1B active, for Macs with 96 GB of memory or more. 3.4View
Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta's 70B multilingual text model with a 128K-token context, for Macs with 64 GB of memory or more. 1.8ViewMLX Picks
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Meetings, search and notes, with AI built in.
Voice, Image and Video
Dictation and Transcription
Wispr FlowVoice dictation for any app on Mac and iPhone; speech is transcribed and edited on Wispr's servers. 4.5View
SuperwhisperDictation app: press a shortcut, speak, and get formatted text in any app, with offline models or cloud AI models. 2.6View
MacWhisperMac app that transcribes files, meetings and dictation with local Whisper models, with optional cloud AI services. 2.2View
VoiceInkOpen-source Mac dictation app that transcribes your voice with local AI models; a one-time purchase. 2.0View
SpokenlyDictation app for Mac and iPhone that works offline with free local Whisper and Parakeet models, or with cloud models. 1.9ViewImage and Video
RunwayAI video and image generation in the browser and on iPhone, with Runway's Gen models and others; free credits to start. 3.7View
Comfy DesktopDesktop app for ComfyUI, the node-based editor for building image, video and audio generation workflows on your Mac. 2.5View
Draw ThingsImage and video generation app for Mac, iPhone and iPad that runs models on your device, with optional cloud compute. 1.7View
Pixelmator ProApple's image editor for Mac and iPad, with AI tools such as Super Resolution upscaling and one-click background removal. 1.7View
MidjourneyImage and video generation service you use in the browser; paid plans from $10 a month.ViewAgents and Tools
MCP Servers
Playwright MCPMicrosoft's MCP server that lets an AI agent drive a real browser with Playwright: open pages, click, type, read. 2.7ViewGitHub MCP ServerGitHub's official MCP server: lets AI tools read code, manage issues and pull requests, and check Actions runs. 3.0View
Filesystem MCP ServerOfficial reference MCP server that lets an AI app read, write, move and search files in folders you allow. 3.0ViewChrome DevTools MCPLets a coding agent control and inspect a live Chrome browser with DevTools: debugging, network and performance traces. 2.1View
Fetch MCP ServerOfficial reference MCP server that fetches a web page and hands it to the AI as Markdown, in chunks. 2.4View
Filesystem MCP ServerOfficial reference MCP server that lets an AI app read, write, move and search files in folders you allow. 3.0ViewChrome DevTools MCPLets a coding agent control and inspect a live Chrome browser with DevTools: debugging, network and performance traces. 2.1ViewFetch MCP ServerOfficial reference MCP server that fetches a web page and hands it to the AI as Markdown, in chunks. 2.4ViewAgents That Use Your Computer
Browser UseOpen-source browser agent: an AI that navigates websites, fills forms and completes tasks in a real browser. 4.1View
CometPerplexity's web browser with a built-in assistant that can do tasks for you on the pages you visit. 3.4View
n8nWorkflow automation platform for building AI agents on a visual canvas with code, 1,500+ integrations and self-hosting. 3.4View
OpenClawOpen-source personal AI agent that runs on your machine and does tasks for you from WhatsApp, Telegram or other chat apps. 3.1View
ManusGeneral AI agent with a Mac app that works with your local files and can use your computer in its own workspace. 2.8ViewBrowse by Category
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