The best AI client for Mac
Instantly switch between 300+ AI models, from a single native app.
feature-packed · native performance · private by default
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Everything you need to run AI on your Mac
Best-in-class native macOS app: built using SwiftUI and AppKit.
Familiar UI, Universal Shortcuts Keys, and super-fast Apple M1/M2/M3/M4 performance.
- Your entire AI stack in one app.
- Use OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Azure, Bedrock, and local models in one unified workspace. Switch instantly without touching another app or browser tab.
- Serious workflow tools for power users.
- Work with projects, multi-chat threads, forking, and reusable agents to keep everything structured. BoltAI scales from quick prompts to complex long-running workflows.
- Multimodal intelligence built in.
- Analyze PDFs, screenshots, code, UI captures, and research documents with vision-enabled models. Get clear explanations, summaries, and structured results instantly.
- Fine-grained control over every generation.
- Tune temperature, max tokens, top-p/top-k, penalties, and your system instructions with precision. Get exactly the style and behavior you want from any model.
- Extend with tools, skills, and custom knowledge.
- Use code execution, MCP tools, and attached documents to build richer agents. Automate tasks, generate documents, or extract data without leaving the app.
- Privacy you can trust.
- Chats are stored locally and never used for training, and API keys can be encrypted with your passphrase. BoltAI keeps your work private, secure, and fully under your control.
Work faster anywhere
Bring AI to whatever you’re doing with a single shortcut. BoltAI pops up instantly, ready to explain code, rewrite text, summarize a webpage, or help with whatever’s on your screen — no context switching.
Apple intelligence, done right.
- Global shortcut.
- Open BoltAI instantly over any app with a single keystroke — no context switching, no friction.
- Screenshot → Answer.
- Capture your screen and get explanations, fixes, or summaries in seconds.
- Dictation & inline editing.
- Speak your requests or edit text on the fly for effortless, hands-free productivity.
Everything in one AI workspace
On all your devices
Use BoltAI on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad with the same chats, agents, and projects synced securely through the cloud.
Local models, zero latency
Run powerful LLMs locally via Ollama and LM Studio for fast, private responses without per-token costs.
Privacy built in
Chats are stored locally, API keys can be encrypted with your passphrase, and nothing is ever used to train models.
Extend with tools & MCP
Connect BoltAI to local and remote MCP servers, toggle tools per agent, and keep your AI workflows configurable in code.
{
"mcpServers" : {
"filesystem" : {
"args" : [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"~/Data"
],
"command" : "npx"
}
}
}
“My company provides critical software services for customers such as Spotify, Google, Coinbase, Binance, and many others. We use AI in our workflows (custom developed as well as LLMs) but there was no tool before BoltAI that tightly integrated LLMs into my workflow. I always had to click out, leave my current task, go to ChatGPT or similar and come back which broke my flow. BoltAI makes everything effortless. It's a superpower.”
A powerful workspace for serious users
BoltAI brings together pro tools, advanced models, structured workflows, and deep customization — all in a clean, native Mac experience built for speed.
- Advanced agents
- Build reusable agents with custom instructions, knowledge, and tools for consistent high-quality outputs.
- Context profiles
- Switch between tailored configurations for coding, writing, research, or analysis instantly.
- Multimodal analysis
- Work with screenshots, PDFs, and documents. BoltAI extracts structure, summarizes, and explains.
- Multiple model providers
- Use OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Azure, Bedrock, and local models in one seamless workflow.
- Fork & branch chats
- Explore alternative ideas without losing your original thread. Perfect for comparison and iteration.
- Prompt library
- Save your best prompts once and reuse them anywhere. Build a personal toolkit for recurring tasks.
- Attachment-driven context
- Attach files, research, or reference documents. BoltAI manages context automatically and intelligently.
- Advanced LLM controls
- Fine-tune temperature, token limits, top-p/top-k, and penalties for precise, predictable results.
Latest release
BoltAI v2.11.0
1 day ago
This release adds a faster model selection workflow, more capable MCP connector authentication, and a long list of reliability fixes across chat, menus, windows, and the chat renderer. New:
- Added support for searching the Model Picker across all AI providers.
- Added support for favoriting and starring models so they stay near the top of the selection list.
- Added support for MCP connectors that authenticate with custom headers.
- Added configurable maximum tool-call limits.
- Added chat and message date visibility in the conversation UI.
- Added support for merging a Project System Prompt with an Agent or Chat System Prompt when both are set.
- Added chat duplication.
- Added GPT-5.5 support for Codex.
Improved:
- MCP OAuth sign-in and reconnect flows are more reliable, with better recovery for remote connectors and local confidential-client setups.
- The Model Picker works better with large provider catalogs, with faster search, clearer recovery, and better Settings fallbacks.
- Streaming reasoning output is easier to follow while a response is still generating.
- Provider model management and hosted model catalog refresh are more reliable.
- The chat title area is more stable on macOS 15.
- The instant chat bar has better placement and more reliable deep-link behavior.
- BoltAI does a better job remembering the size and position of the instant chat bar and main app window.
- MFA enrollment now renders QR codes natively for a more reliable setup flow.
- Time-sensitive web search prompts now use clearer UTC date context.
Fixed:
- Fixed crashes that could happen while closing the chat view or menu bar UI.
- Fixed crashes that could happen while the chat input view was being torn down.
- Fixed a crash when global shortcuts open chat windows.
- Fixed UI freezes and race conditions when creating new chats on older macOS versions.
- Fixed a crash when the permission overlay hides after returning from System Settings.
- Fixed crashes that could happen when using the Workflow Palette repeatedly.
- Fixed crashes that could happen when opening Settings, Multi-Agent Chat, or instant chat from menus.
- Fixed crashes that could happen when copying selected text from the chat view.
- Fixed the inspector tab layout crash.
- Fixed custom provider model fetch crashes.
- Fixed instant chat draft reset behavior.
- Fixed instant chat deep links.
- Fixed duplicate main window cleanup on macOS 15.
- Fixed AI service key cache race conditions.
- Fixed a crash when viewing Recently Deleted items from Project view.
- Fixed Instant Chat not resetting correctly when it was set to reset immediately.
- Fixed compose thinking popover crashes when using custom configuration actions.
