Alter is the Mac AI assistant that lets you get stuff done fast. Just talk naturally to extract insights from YouTube videos, draft perfect emails, or turn messy meetings into clear action items. It understands what's on your screen and works across your apps, bringing intelligence to your entire day.
Best integration of LLMs on Mac : - any flagship model at your fingertips (new ones are added with zero day delay) - interact directly with your context (the page you're reading, the video you're watching) - organised shortcuts to my daily/weekly prompts
Simply the best AI app for MacOS. It saved me a countless number of hours everyday on all my daily workflows. It has everything you need ! Summarizing, writing, improving, translating and everything else that you need ! Huge plus for me is to use it with local model! Big thanks to the Alter team ! 🫡
Alter has become my absolute go-to, most-used AI application, evolving from an already great tool into something truly indispensable for my daily workflow. I've watched it grow, and it's clear the team deeply understands the AI space and is passionate about building a genuinely useful, native macOS assistant. Its seamless context-awareness across all apps, powerful instant actions, time-saving meeting summaries, accessible voice commands, and solid privacy features (including local model support) make it feel like a natural extension of my Mac. Honestly, I can't imagine my workday without Alter readily accessible – it's that integrated and essential now.
Alter
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Samuel, founder of Alter, and after months of building with a tight community, we're finally launching the first AI assistant deeply integrated with your mac!
🫠 The Problem
Let's be real - our workday is a mess. We jump between countless apps, tabs, and tools, constantly losing context and focus. AI tools should help, but most just add another window to manage and another place to check.
✨ What Makes Alter Different
We've built intelligence that belongs in the flow of everyday life:
Lives in your notch - Always accessible, never in the way
System-wide integration - Works with ALL your apps, files & folders
Privacy-ready & accessible - Can run offline or use your own API key
Voice commands built-in - Because talking is so much faster
Meeting superpowers - Instant actionable notes from any conversation
🚀 Getting Started & Community
Download Alter for free—no credit card needed! All core features are unlocked, and you get a 14-day trial of our Pro plan with access to 50+ AI models.
After your 14-day trial ends, you can continue using Alter with all features by connecting your own AI provider or local models.
Pro Tip: Just hold the mic button or the FN shortcut to start a voice commands for quick tasks. Drop or paste files, images, folders directly to the notch to quickly build your context.
Join our Discord community—we're building this together, and your feedback shapes what comes next! Our community members are creating amazing workflows every day and sharing them with each other.
Would love to hear your thoughts and questions! 🙏
(And a huge thank you to our beta testers who enjoyed our countless Fridays releases—no worries we'll keep shipping!)
Blocks
What Apple Intelligence should have been on MacOS - and more!
Alter
@nic_trn I couldn't said that better!
Alter
@nic_trn Yes!
Purposeful Poop
I like the form factor (is that the right word?)! congrats on launching and I appreciate the transparent pricing.
How should i think about the threat model of using something like this. I imagine i need to grant some really powerful permissions, so im curious how you think about that data retention. Do you route llm queries straight to the provider, or do you proxy them through your own server?
Alter
@catt_marroll yes, you need to grant powerful permissions (accessibility, screen recording, microphone) but you're always in control of what goes as context. You build the context yourself: add apps, drop a folder to the notch, paste an image and so on.
Also some users are using it completely offline with local models because their work is too confidential to take any risks. It's completely supported by Alter.
If you use the models we provide, it's proxied through our servers (3 locations, 2 US + 1 EU). We don't store conversations and use providers that don't train on your data. Conversations are encrypted locally on your device.