Local Code Launches as Free, Private AI Assistant Tool for Mac

The developers of Draw Things person launched Local Code, an open-source AI adjunct that lets Mac users download models and enactment them to enactment connected their ain computers.


Local Code lets users download an AI exemplary and commencement moving without separately installing the tools it needs. When utilizing a section model, the app processes prompts and files connected the Mac alternatively than sending them to a unreality AI provider.

Local Code tin make presentations, make images and videos, analyse spreadsheets, enactment with Word and PowerPoint files, and more. It besides includes a browser that the adjunct tin usage to navigate websites and implicit online tasks.

With the user's permission, the app tin work accusation from Mail, Messages, and Notes, arsenic good arsenic marque changes successful Calendar and Photos. According to its documentation, Apple's App Sandbox restricts its entree to files and different parts of the system.

The app offers Qwen and DeepSeek models for Macs with antithetic amounts of memory. Its website lists 16GB arsenic the minimum for Qwen 3.8 27B, with recommended downloads taking astir 10GB to 21GB of storage. The larger DeepSeek models necessitate downloads of astir 89GB oregon 376GB, depending connected the version.

Users tin besides take a unreality model, though doing truthful sends prompts and applicable files to the selected provider. Local usage is free, portion optional unreality entree is disposable done users' ain API keys oregon prepaid credits starting astatine $9.99.

Local Code follows a public beta that began connected September 12. A direct Mac download is disposable now, and the developers accidental a Mac App Store merchandise is coming soon.
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