Notchi

Your personal AI, 100% in your control.

Born in the Mac notch — now beyond it.

Install via Homebrew
brew install --cask cyrus-cai/lofi-lab/notchi
Notchi answering “Is the Louvre open on Tuesdays?” after searching the web

100% in your control

On your Mac. Chats and memory are saved only on your Mac.

No account. No email. No password.

Your own key. Requests go straight to your provider.

Every request shown. Settings → Audit lists all Notchi sends.

One conversation

No new chats to start. Everything you ask continues one thread, so Notchi remembers what came before. The end of the last answer sits above the prompt; pull down to see all of it.

One conversation: the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, then a reminder to buy tickets
Notchi

Your personal AI, 100% in your control. Born in the Mac notch — now beyond it.

Built inLiquid Glass Open source onGitHub ↗ ···downloads
Notchi answering “Is the Louvre open on Tuesdays?” after searching the web The end of the last answer above the prompt, with a follow-up being typed One conversation: the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, then a reminder to buy tickets “call mum tomorrow 9am” typed into the notch, marked Remind An answer that shows disk usage as a bar chart An agent task typed into the notch, with the folder and model chips Settings → Audit, listing a request sent to the user’s own provider

AskSearches the web when needed

100% in your control

Local dataChats and memory stay on your Mac
No sign-upNo email, no password
Bring your own keyConnect your model provider directly, without Notchi in between
Auditable requestsSettings → Audit lists every request Notchi sends
Open source on GitHub ↗ Privacy policy →

Designed details

Thinking statesDesigned animations while thinking, searching and running tools
The closed notch with Notchi’s eyes in the left ear
Collapsed stateBackground tasks, tracked live
The end of the last answer above the prompt
Unified threadsContinuous memory and history. The more you talk, the better it knows you
The slash menu: Ask, Capture, Remind, Code, Loop
Slash menuSave notes and reminders
A bar chart inside an answer
Rich answersVisual charts
Prompt shortcuts and a prompt beside selected text
ShortcutsLong-press for shortcuts and a prompt
The “Update to 0.9.22” tag in the notch
App updatesAn update tag appears when a new version is out
The 3D glass Notchi mark from the intro
3D launch animationA glass 3D mark on first launch

Unified threads

One conversation about the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay
Running du -sh ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData while answering
A 👍 reaction on a message in the thread
A suggested next question in the prompt

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