Best free AI apps for Mac

UsageBeacon turns your Cursor, Claude and Codex usage into remaining percentages, budgets and reset windows in the menu bar, so you know before you hit a limit. It is free and open source, and needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

From its maker: Kepo turns any website, RSS feed, social account, market data or internal page into custom Mac widgets built with AI, in one shortcut-ready panel.

Mac向けのFrom its maker: Espresso is the Everything-style file search app: every file on every disk as you type, even disks that aren’t connected. Native, private, free for personal use.

From its maker: ScreenVerb is a screenshot app for Mac built around AI. Snap a window, drag a pixel-exact region or grab a full scrolling page with one shortcut, then press a number key to run an AI action.

ActionClip puts a small action menu beside text you select: copy, rewrite, translate, search or run a saved workflow. You can describe a new action and it builds one using AI prompts, JavaScript, AppleScript or shell commands. Free for 30 actions a day, with lifetime licenses from $12. It is a native Swift app for Apple silicon with macOS 15 or later.

From its maker: Free, open-source AI video generator for Mac. Run LTX-2.5 and MiniMax H3 (Hailuo) locally on Apple Silicon: text-to-video and image-to-video with sound, lip-sync, character LoRA training, songs fro...

From its maker: yovoice is an open-source, local-first audio and music creation studio for macOS, Windows and Linux. Turn text into expressive speech, natural cloned voices, complete vocal songs, and multi-track scores right on your machine.

From its maker: Give Orkas a goal and your project files to receive research reports, presentations, videos or code in one desktop workspace. Commander coordinates specialist agents so solo founders and small teams can carry findings into usable deliverables with fewer handoffs.

From its maker: AutoRouter is a Mac app for Codex and Claude Code that automatically picks the right AI model for each task, using the plans you already pay for first. Save up to 50% on AI usage.

From its maker: Turn any presentation, PowerPoint, PDF, Word, and more, into professional instructor talk tracks in minutes, powered by AI. Lectern AI reads your presentation slides and generates natural, engaging speaking notes that sound like they were written by an experienced teacher.

From its maker: Raydo Agent OS is an agent operating system for real work. It connects agents, browsers, files and tools so developers and knowledge workers can control execution, review key actions and deliver reusable results.

Pulse floats usage rings for Claude, Codex, Grok and Antigravity on your screen, adds a Codex pet you can talk to, and reminds you to take breaks on time. It is free and open source, for Apple silicon with macOS 26 Tahoe or later.