BoltAI 3 is here

Agents and local AI models on your Mac

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and local AI models in one native Mac app.

No account required · Intel & Apple Silicon · macOS 13.5+

Local AI models

Run local models on your Mac

No account, no API key. BoltAI shows which models fit your Mac.

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Local Models in BoltAI Settings, with recommended models for this Mac

AgentsLabs

Agents that work in Chrome and your Mac apps

Browser Use works in Chrome. Computer Use works in the Mac apps you allow. Both in Labs, on macOS 14 or later.

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A BoltAI chat that used Browser Use to read the Apple Newsroom, with the Browser Use and Computer Use switches

Agent Skills

Teach BoltAI new tasks with Agent Skills

Run one with /, or let the model pick it.

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Agent Skills in BoltAI Settings: book-summary, meeting-notes and release-notes

Image Studio

Make and edit images

OpenAI, Google, xAI, Replicate and fal in one place. Every edit is kept as a version.

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Image Studio in BoltAI with two images and an edited version

EPUB books

Ask about a whole book

Attach an EPUB and ask anything about it.

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A BoltAI chat summarizing an attached EPUB book

AI Workflows

Chain your AI Workflows

Fix, rewrite or summarize text in any app. Multi-step Workflows (Labs) run them in a row.

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A Multi-step Workflow in BoltAI: fix spelling and grammar, then summarize

Raycast, Alfred and bolt

Use BoltAI from Raycast, Alfred and Terminal

Ask, run AI Workflows and paste prompts from Raycast or Alfred. Script it with the bolt CLI.

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Run AI Workflow in Raycast with the BoltAI extension

Native on macOS

Built with AppKit, and fast

AppKit is Apple’s own framework for Mac apps.

Switching chats with the keyboard
Up to 3× faster
112 ms down to 36 ms
Memory with 100 MB of attachments
352 MB
down from 582 MB

Compared with earlier versions of BoltAI. Memory is the app process only.

An Instant Chat Bar chat in its own window

More in BoltAI 3

Settings › Plugins with DuckDuckGo Search configured
Web search with no API key
Search with DuckDuckGo, or your own SearXNG server.
The / menu in the message box: Model, Agent, Prompts, Tools
Slash commands
Type / to change the model, agent or prompt, or turn tools on or off.
An Instant Chat Bar chat in its own window
Instant Chat Bar
Its chats now open in their own window.
Settings search finding Read Aloud under Voice
Search Settings
Find any setting from the sidebar.
Apple Intelligence in the model picker
Start with Apple Intelligence
No AI provider yet? Start chatting with Apple Intelligence.
An image pasted into the message box
Paste images from anywhere
Paste images from Preview, a browser or an image chat.

New since BoltAI 1

Coming from BoltAI 1? You also get these.

The BoltAI main window with a project chat and a table reply
A faster, native app
The sidebar and chat window are rebuilt in native macOS code.
The Instant Chat Bar over the desktop
Instant Chat Bar
Press ⌥ Space in any app to ask a quick question. It replaces Instant Command.
Instant Dictation settings
Instant Dictation
Dictate into any app, offline with a local model. It replaces Inline Whisper.
The list of AI Workflows in Settings
AI Workflows
Fix, rewrite or summarize selected text in any app. They replace AI Commands.
ShotSolve settings with its shortcut
ShotSolve
Take a screenshot and get an answer.
Projects in the BoltAI sidebar
Projects
Keep related chats together, with shared instructions and your own files and folders.
The list of connectors in Settings
Connectors and MCP servers
Connect Notion, Linear, your email and more.
Codex CLI models in the model picker
Your ChatGPT plan
Use your ChatGPT subscription instead of an API key, with Codex CLI.
Cloud Sync in Settings
Cloud Sync
Keep your chats on your Macs and your iPhone, on plans that include it. It’s optional.

Bring your chats, prompts and providers from BoltAI 1 with File › Import Data…

Pay once. No subscription.

A one-time license with one year of updates, or every future update with Lifetime. Try every feature for 14 days, except Cloud Sync.