Your AI stops when the Wi-Fi stops.
This one doesn't.

Press Ctrl Space, type, the answer streams in and lands on your clipboard. 100% on your Mac. No Wi-Fi, no account, no bill, no limits.

Free & MITmacOS 26100% Local
apfel-quick answering 'capital of france' with 'Paris' and a floating green Copied badge
The problem

Cloud AI breaks the same way, every time.

In the air

Wi-Fi just died.

Cloud AI: stuck. apfel-quick: done.

Rate-limited

"Daily limit reached."

Log in, upgrade, or wait. apfel-quick has no limit.

Under NDA

You can't send that out.

Medical. Legal. Work. apfel-quick never leaves your Mac.

See it work

Real questions. Real answers.

Wi-Fi off. Every screenshot is the actual app.

Hero
capital of france → Paris, with a floating green Copied badge
Translate
say 'where is the bathroom' in Japanese → トイレはどこですか?
Convert
how many cups in 500ml → 2 US cups.
Fact
distance from earth to moon in km → 384,400 km
Rewrite
rephrase formally: let me know asap → Please inform me promptly.
Grammar
correct: their are to many errors → There are too many errors.
Regex
regex for email → working regex pattern
Code
swift: sort array of strings alphabetically → working Swift code
Explain
explain closures in one sentence → clean definition of a closure
Math · local
54,34*6-(435353) → -435026.96 with Copied badge
First run
apfel-quick welcome screen
Settings
apfel-quick settings dialog
Local math

Why is your AI doing long division?

It shouldn't. Local parser. Microseconds.

Live

54,34*6-(435353)−435026.96
sqrt(2) * pi4.442882938
sin(0) + cos(0)1
2^101024

+ − × ÷ ^ %, parens, unary minus, European decimals (3,14), sqrt sin cos tan log ln abs floor ceil round, pi, e.

vs. cloud AI

Works when they don't.

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Works offline✓✗✗✗
Global hotkey overlay✓✗✗✗
Auto-copies answer✓✗✗✗
Data stays on your Mac✓✗✗✗
No account, no API key✓✗✗✗
Free, forever✓✗✗✗
Local math calculator✓✗✗✗
Before you download

Every question, answered.

Will it replace ChatGPT?
No. For deep research, cloud AI is still better. Most days you don't need it.
Is the on-device model good enough?
For what you actually ask every day? Yes. The screenshots above are real answers.
Does it phone home?
No. Zero network calls. Literally works with Wi-Fi off.
Does it cost anything?
No. Free, forever. MIT license.
Do I need an account or API key?
No. Just a Mac.
What if I hate it?
Drag the app to the trash. Zero cleanup.
Install

One file. One minute.

Download

Unzip. Drag to Applications. Open.

Download (arm64)
Or with Homebrew
brew install Arthur-Ficial/tap/apfel-quick
Needs

Three things.

macOS 26Tahoe or later
Apple SiliconM1+
Apple IntelligenceOn

Free. Open source.

MIT. 176 tests. Swift 6.3. Read it, fork it, ship it.