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BoltAI

A native Mac AI client for local LLMs through Ollama and LM Studio or cloud providers, with local chat storage and optional cloud sync.

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BoltAI is an AI workspace for Mac users who want local models and cloud services in one app for writing, coding and research. It keeps related conversations together and brings chat into other apps through an overlay.

  • Local and cloud models: Use Ollama or LM Studio on your Mac, or connect to providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Azure OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock.
  • Projects and model comparisons: Organize chats into projects, branch conversations and compare responses from multiple models side by side.
  • Reusable agents: Give agents their own instructions, reference documents and tools, including code execution and connections to local or remote MCP servers.
  • Document and screen analysis: Ask vision-enabled models about PDFs, screenshots and research documents, or use screenshot capture, dictation and inline text editing while working in another app.
  • Saved prompts and response controls: Reuse prompts for recurring tasks and adjust model behavior for different kinds of work.

The paid app runs on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 13 or later. Local features work fully offline, and chats stay on your Mac by default. Cloud model requests go directly to your chosen provider and require your own API keys and provider account; AI usage isn't included with the app. Codex CLI and Claude Code integrations also support access through ChatGPT or Claude subscriptions.

Optional cloud sync sends chats, projects and agents off the device for access across Mac, iPhone and iPad, with encryption in transit and at rest. You can protect stored API keys with your own passphrase. BoltAI doesn't use your content to train models.

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