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.

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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."

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

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

Code

Explain

Math · local

$54,34*6-(435353) → -435026.96 with Copied badge$

First run

Settings

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.

	apfel-quick	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini
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.

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