The AI for what you’d never share with ChatGPT.

Easy setup in a few clicks: No terminal. No account. No paywall. Completely Free.

Free · Requires macOS 26 or later, an M2 or newer, and 16 GB of memory or more

Local: Your computer powers the AI. No outside servers needed.

Private: Prompts & conversations are stored only on your computer.

Everything lives on your computer. Nothing has to go to a corporate-owned data center.

You own your AI.

With Wi-Fi switched off, a bank statement goes into Etude and the question “Do any of my subscriptions overlap?” is answered on the Mac itself: Spotify and Apple Music both stream music, and iCloud+ and Dropbox both store files.

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Free · Requires macOS 26 or later, an M2 or newer, and 16 GB of memory or more

In the news

What happens to conversations in the cloud.

Recent reporting on conversations with cloud AI: exposed, reviewed, retained, trained on. Some work belongs on your own machine.

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