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Everything you need to run AI on your Mac

Best-in-class native macOS app: built using SwiftUI and AppKit.
Familiar UI, Universal Shortcuts Keys, and super-fast Apple M1/M2/M3/M4 performance.

Your entire AI stack in one app.: Use OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Azure, Bedrock, and local models in one unified workspace. Switch instantly without touching another app or browser tab.
Serious workflow tools for power users.: Work with projects, multi-chat threads, forking, and reusable agents to keep everything structured. BoltAI scales from quick prompts to complex long-running workflows.
Multimodal intelligence built in.: Analyze PDFs, screenshots, code, UI captures, and research documents with vision-enabled models. Get clear explanations, summaries, and structured results instantly.
Fine-grained control over every generation.: Tune temperature, max tokens, top-p/top-k, penalties, and your system instructions with precision. Get exactly the style and behavior you want from any model.
Extend with tools, skills, and custom knowledge.: Use code execution, MCP tools, and attached documents to build richer agents. Automate tasks, generate documents, or extract data without leaving the app.
Privacy you can trust.: Chats are stored locally and never used for training, and API keys can be encrypted with your passphrase. BoltAI keeps your work private, secure, and fully under your control.

Work faster anywhere

Bring AI to whatever you’re doing with a single shortcut. BoltAI pops up instantly, ready to explain code, rewrite text, summarize a webpage, or help with whatever’s on your screen — no context switching.

Apple intelligence, done right.

Global shortcut.: Open BoltAI instantly over any app with a single keystroke — no context switching, no friction.
Screenshot → Answer.: Capture your screen and get explanations, fixes, or summaries in seconds.
Dictation & inline editing.: Speak your requests or edit text on the fly for effortless, hands-free productivity.

Everything in one AI workspace

On all your devices

Use BoltAI on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad with the same chats, agents, and projects synced securely through the cloud.

Local models, zero latency

Run powerful LLMs locally via Ollama and LM Studio for fast, private responses without per-token costs.

Privacy built in

Chats are stored locally, API keys can be encrypted with your passphrase, and nothing is ever used to train models.

Extend with tools & MCP

Connect BoltAI to local and remote MCP servers, toggle tools per agent, and keep your AI workflows configurable in code.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

~/.boltai/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers" : {
    "filesystem" : {
      "args" : [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "~/Data"
      ],
      "command" : "npx"
    }
  }
}

“My company provides critical software services for customers such as Spotify, Google, Coinbase, Binance, and many others. We use AI in our workflows (custom developed as well as LLMs) but there was no tool before BoltAI that tightly integrated LLMs into my workflow. I always had to click out, leave my current task, go to ChatGPT or similar and come back which broke my flow. BoltAI makes everything effortless. It's a superpower.”

Laszlo L. Mari

Founder of Dakai

A powerful workspace for serious users

BoltAI brings together pro tools, advanced models, structured workflows, and deep customization — all in a clean, native Mac experience built for speed.

Explore all features

Advanced agents: Build reusable agents with custom instructions, knowledge, and tools for consistent high-quality outputs.
Context profiles: Switch between tailored configurations for coding, writing, research, or analysis instantly.
Multimodal analysis: Work with screenshots, PDFs, and documents. BoltAI extracts structure, summarizes, and explains.
Multiple model providers: Use OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Azure, Bedrock, and local models in one seamless workflow.
Fork & branch chats: Explore alternative ideas without losing your original thread. Perfect for comparison and iteration.
Prompt library: Save your best prompts once and reuse them anywhere. Build a personal toolkit for recurring tasks.
Attachment-driven context: Attach files, research, or reference documents. BoltAI manages context automatically and intelligently.
Advanced LLM controls: Fine-tune temperature, token limits, top-p/top-k, and penalties for precise, predictable results.

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One-time purchase with one year of updates — yours forever. Try it free first, no account required.

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Latest release

BoltAI 2.18.0

15 hours ago

Build 92 This update turns on chat tabs for everyone, adds custom project icons, makes BoltAI open faster, and fixes several issues with agents and their tools.

New

Chat tabs are now on by default: open different chats in tabs within one window. To go back to one chat per window, turn off "Enable native chat tabs" in Settings > Developer and restart BoltAI.
Custom project icons: give a project an emoji or one of over a thousand symbols, in one of nine colors. Choose it in Project Settings > General, from the project page, or when you create a project. The icon shows in the sidebar and the project header. [ref]
Max reasoning is now available on custom and OpenAI-compatible providers. BoltAI tells you once that your provider may not support it.

Improved

BoltAI shows its main window sooner at launch.
Long model names no longer overflow the model button in the composer. It shows the short name; hover to see the full one.
In a new chat, Tools now follow the agent you pick, and clearing the agent puts your default tools back.

Fixed

Fixed several problems when picking an agent: the agent could fall back to Default Agent until picked a second time, be dropped from a new tab on the first message, or switch on tools it does not have.
Fixed a new chat tab that could not be closed, with the message "This tab is still working or has an unsaved response".
Fixed a project's prompt mode sometimes not syncing to your other devices.
Fixed importing a BoltAI backup dropping a project's default agent, prompt mode and loop settings.

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Frequently asked questions

: BoltAI is a native macOS app that connects to AI providers using your own API keys and optional local models (Ollama, LM Studio, etc.). You pick a model, then use BoltAI's chat, Instant Chat overlay, ShotSolve (screenshot → answer), dictation, and Agents to send requests directly to that provider and get responses in a structured, searchable workspace.
: Yes. BoltAI is a client — we don't bundle AI credits. You bring your own keys for providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, etc., and BoltAI makes it easy to add, encrypt, and switch between them. You can also use your ChatGPT or Claude subscriptions inside BoltAI via the Codex CLI or Claude Code integration.
: BoltAI works with major cloud providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Azure OpenAI, and Amazon Bedrock, plus local models via Ollama and LM Studio. You can set a default model, override it per chat or per Agent, and switch models at any time — including multi-agent chats that compare multiple models side by side.
: No. Your purchase is for the BoltAI app and its features. AI credit usage and tokens are billed by your providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) under your own accounts, while local models run on your own machine without per-token fees.
: BoltAI uses a perpetual license with one year of updates. When you buy a license, you can use that version of BoltAI forever and get 12 months of the Updates & Sync Plan, which includes new features, bug fixes, macOS/iOS compatibility updates, and Cloud Sync + mobile access (with storage based on your tier).

After the first year, the app keeps working locally on your Mac; Cloud Sync and mobile simply pause. Your cloud data becomes read-only for up to 24 months and you can export it at any time. You can renew updates and sync whenever you like at a 40% discount (you pay 60% of the original pre-discount price), and renewal is optional with auto-renew turned off by default.

BoltAI is Bring Your Own Keys (BYOK): you connect your own OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini / Mistral / etc. accounts and pay those providers directly, while BoltAI provides the Mac app and all the pro-level features around it.

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: Yes, depending on your license type. Individual licenses typically cover multiple personal Macs owned by you (for example, desktop + laptop), while team licenses are available if you want to use BoltAI across a company or team.
: Yes. We offer discounted licenses for students, teachers, and researchers using BoltAI for learning or academic work. Reach out with your school email or proof of enrollment to request an educational discount, and we'll send you a special purchase link.
: No. Your chats are stored locally on your Mac in a SQLite database. BoltAI never trains on your content, and your requests go directly from the app to the AI provider you configured; by default we don't see your prompts or responses.
: Cloud Sync is optional. If you enable it, your data is encrypted in transit and at rest so you can access your chats, projects, and Agents from multiple devices (Mac and mobile). If you prefer, you can keep everything strictly local and use BoltAI only on your Mac.
: BoltAI is designed for privacy-sensitive and professional use: local storage by default, optional encryption for API keys with your own passphrase, sandboxing and notarization by Apple, and no hidden data collection. Many users run BoltAI with their company's own OpenAI/Anthropic accounts under existing data-processing agreements.
: Yes. Local features work fully offline. Only Cloud Sync and services that obviously require the internet need connectivity.
: BoltAI is an AI workspace, not just a chat box. You can use multiple models and providers (not locked to OpenAI), pay providers directly for token usage instead of subscribing to BoltAI for credits, and keep your data out of training. Plus you get 100+ PRO features: global shortcuts, Instant Chat overlay, ShotSolve (screenshot → answer), instant dictation & inline edit, multi-agent chats, document Q&A, MCP and tool integrations, projects, search, and export — all in a fast, native Mac UI.