# Pretype

> On-device AI autocomplete for every text field

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

- Website: https://pretype.app/?ref=macpip
- Category: AI
- Check: pending, MacPip has not checked it yet
- Price: Free
- Built with: Native
- Runs on: Apple silicon only, its maker says
- Last checked by MacPip: Not yet
- Page: https://macpip.com/apps/pretype

## Questions, answered by the maker

**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.