Does it work offline?

Yes. After a one-time model download of a few gigabytes, suggestions, fixes and replies all run on your Mac. It keeps working in airplane mode.

By default, your text never leaves your Mac. Pretype uses the network only to download models and for a daily version check, which you can turn off. Hosted AI providers are optional and off. The code that reads your text fields is open source, so you can check it yourself.

Yes. Pretype is MIT-licensed and free for personal and commercial use, with no account, no subscription and no API key.

Which Macs does it run on?

Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) running macOS 26 Tahoe or later. 8 GB of memory is enough: Pretype picks a model sized to your Mac.

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On-device AI autocomplete for every text field

FreemacOS 26 Tahoe+Apple silicon onlyWorks offlineOpen sourceAI

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About this app

Pretype is an AI app for Mac:On-device AI autocomplete for every text field.It runs on Apple silicon.It has not been checked yet.

Pretype is a free, open-source AI writing assistant that autocompletes your sentences in every macOS text field. A local LLM runs on your Apple Silicon chip, so by default your text never leaves your Mac. For anyone who writes a lot and wants Copilot-style help everywhere, without a cloud account.

Ghost text at the caret: Tab takes a word, ⇧Tab the whole suggestion
Works in native apps, Electron apps like Slack and VS Code, and web pages
Fixes typos and rewrites messy sentences in your tone (⌥Tab)
Drafts your next chat reply from the conversation on screen (⌥⇧Tab)
On-device dictation
Learns your words, with a style for each app
Works offline: no account, no subscription, MIT license

Facts

Price: Free
Requires: macOS 26 Tahoe or later
Built with: Native
Runs on: Apple silicon only
Notarized by Apple: Yes, its maker says
Works offline: Yes, its maker says
Open source: Yes
Languages: English, Español, Deutsch, Français, 日本語, 中文, Português, Italiano
Categories: AI, Writing and Notes, Productivity
Launched: Sunday, November 15
Website: pretype.app ↗︎
Follow: GitHub
What we checked: Check pending: not checked yet

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Questions

Does it work offline?: Yes. After a one-time model download of a few gigabytes, suggestions, fixes and replies all run on your Mac. It keeps working in airplane mode.
Is my data private?: By default, your text never leaves your Mac. Pretype uses the network only to download models and for a daily version check, which you can turn off. Hosted AI providers are optional and off. The code that reads your text fields is open source, so you can check it yourself.
Is it really free?: Yes. Pretype is MIT-licensed and free for personal and commercial use, with no account, no subscription and no API key.
Which Macs does it run on?: Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) running macOS 26 Tahoe or later. 8 GB of memory is enough: Pretype picks a model sized to your Mac.

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