MindMac

MindMac is a native macOS application for chatting with large language models. Instead of using a browser tab, users install the app, enter their own API key and converse with models from OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini and other compatible providers. The website highlights a native macOS interface, an inline mode for asking questions from other applications, more than 150 built-in prompt templates and customizable model parameters and shortcuts. No MindMac account is required.

The app suits Mac users who already pay for API access and want a desktop client with their chat history kept on their own computer. Because MindMac uses the customer's API key, model usage is billed separately by each provider according to its own pricing, in addition to the app license. Features were not tested for this listing.

MindMac is sold as a one-time purchase with one year of updates included. Basic costs $29 for one Mac, Personal $49 for two Macs and Standard $69 for three Macs, each described as pay once, use forever. Prices are listed in USD, may vary by country and can include taxes; payments are processed by Paddle. The app requires macOS 13.0 or newer, and the site offers a 14-day money-back guarantee.

According to the privacy policy, API keys, chat messages and history are stored locally on the user's computer, the key is kept in the macOS keychain, and requests go directly to the provider's API without passing through a MindMac server. These are vendor statements that were not independently verified. The website terms provide the site materials as is and limit the developer's liability.