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Native · Mac OS

Your Mac,
on autopilot.

Max is an assistant that actually operates your Mac. Summon Max with a keystroke, text it from your phone, and let it run things for you — with your own AI key and your rules.

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Free · Bring your own LLM key · Open source · Mac OS 26+

What it does

One keystroke from anything
you'd ever ask a computer.

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Always a keystroke away

A floating Liquid Glass command bar appears on your shortcut, anywhere. Type what you want, watch Max work, then close it — your conversation picks up where you left off.

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Loops

Schedule Max. "Every morning, summarize my calendar." It runs on its own and pings you when it matters.

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It sees your screen

Ask about whatever you're looking at. Max reads the screen — or just the text, privately — and answers in place.

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Full hands-on control

Shell, AppleScript, files, apps. Max doesn't describe what to do — it does it, then tells you what happened.

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Your key, your model

Claude, OpenAI, or a fully-local model via Ollama. Keys live encrypted in the Keychain and never touch a server.

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Many Macs

Connect your other Macs over SSH. Max is aware of all of them and can act on any one from a single conversation.

Reach it anywhere

Text Max from
your pocket.

Give Max its own identity on the channels you already use. A real two-sided conversation, from your phone, your watch, anywhere — your Mac answers.

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From anywhere

Control your Mac
from anywhere.

Message Max from your phone and it runs the task on your Mac in real time — open apps, kick off jobs, check on things — then texts you back. Wherever you are.

Built to be trusted

Full access, on your terms.

Max is powerful by design. So you stay in control of exactly how far it can go.

Approve every commandConfirm shell, AppleScript & remote actions before they run.
Command denylistHard-block dangerous commands everywhere Max runs — desktop, loops, and channels.
Spend limitsA daily cap on AI usage. Max stops when it's reached.
Kill switchPause all tool use instantly from the menu bar.
Encrypted keysAPI keys & tokens stored in the Mac OS Keychain.
Open sourceRead every line. Nothing leaves your Mac but your model calls.

Get Max.

Mac OS 26 or later. Bring your own AI key. Use at your own risk — Max has real control of your machine.

Download for Mac View on GitHub