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.

Vermeldingen blijven in de taal waarin hun makers ze hebben geschreven.

Pretype

Bladeren

Pretype

On-device AI autocomplete for every text field

GratismacOS 26 Tahoe+Alleen Apple siliconWerkt offlineOpen sourceAI

Bezoek website

Over deze app

Pretype is een Mac-app uit de categorie “AI”:On-device AI autocomplete for every text field.Werkt op Apple silicon.Hij is nog niet gecontroleerd.

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

Feiten

Prijs: Gratis
Vereist: macOS 26 Tahoe of nieuwer
Gebouwd met: Native
Draait op: Alleen Apple silicon
Genotariseerd door Apple: Ja, volgens de maker
Werkt offline: Ja, volgens de maker
Open source: Ja
Talen: English, Español, Deutsch, Français, 日本語, 中文, Português, Italiano
Categorieën: AI, Schrijven en notities, Productiviteit
Gelanceerd: zondag 15 november
Website: pretype.app ↗︎
Volgen: GitHub
Wat we hebben gecontroleerd: Controle volgt: nog niet gecontroleerd

Een vinkje is geen garantie voor veiligheid. Lees hoe je ziet of een Mac-app veilig is.

Vragen

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 het echt gratis?: 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.

Antwoorden van de maker.

Alternatieven en lijsten 1 app, 8 lijsten