Your always-ready AI assistant for macOS.
A native macOS AI assistant that lives in a floating panel, summoned with a hotkey.
Built with SwiftUI, powered by Ollama.
- ⌨️ Hotkey Activation — Summon the assistant instantly with a global keyboard shortcut.
- 💬 Floating Panel — A sleek, always-accessible chat panel that stays out of your way.
- 🤖 Ollama Integration — Chat with local LLMs privately, no data leaves your machine.
- 📎 Active App Context — Automatically detects the active app for context-aware assistance.
- 🏷️ @Mentions — Use
@actionsto trigger quick actions like translation, summarization, and more. - ⚙️ Customizable Settings — Configure models, assistants, appearance, and hotkeys to your liking.
- 🌙 Dark Mode — Beautiful dark mode interface that feels native to macOS.
- 🚀 Launch at Login — Optionally start Instantly when your Mac boots up.
- macOS 14.0+
- Xcode 16.0+
- Ollama installed and running locally
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Install Ollama
Download and install from ollama.com, then pull a model:
ollama pull llama3
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Clone & Open
git clone https://github.com/duongductrong/Instantly.git cd Instantly open Instantly.xcodeproj -
Build & Run
Press
⌘Rin Xcode. Grant Accessibility permission when prompted.
- Press your configured hotkey to summon the floating panel.
- Type a message or use
@to mention a quick action (e.g.@Translate hello world). - The assistant responds using your locally running Ollama model — fast and private.
git clone https://github.com/duongductrong/Instantly.git
cd Instantly
open Instantly.xcodeprojBuild and run with ⌘R. PRs and issues are welcome!
MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.