Off Grid AI for MAC
Free, open-source AI studio for Apple Silicon Macs: chat, images, voice and document search run on your device, with no account or API key.
Off Grid AI Overview
Off Grid AI is a local AI app for Apple Silicon Macs. You download open models from its built-in catalog, or any GGUF model from Hugging Face, and use them for text and vision chat, image generation, speech recognition and text to speech. All of this runs on your own hardware through bundled llama.cpp, stable-diffusion.cpp, whisper.cpp and Kokoro, with no cloud inference, account or API key. Anonymous usage data and crash reports are sent only if you turn them on.
Projects let you group chats, upload documents and get answers with cited sources from your own files. Live artifacts show HTML, React, SVG, Mermaid and Markdown from the model in a sandbox with no network or file access. Chats can also use local tools and any MCP connectors you add. A built-in gateway offers one local OpenAI-compatible API, so other apps can use the same models. Off Grid AI is built by Wednesday Solutions, and the free app is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. It needs an Apple Silicon Mac, and its build settings set macOS 13 as the minimum. The app is signed and notarized. Be ready for large downloads: the installer is about 758 MB, and models come on top of that. An optional paid Off Grid AI Pro adds an always-on layer with screen capture, memory and meeting recording, and is sold as a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. Version 0.0.55 is a maintenance release.
Key Features
Off Grid AI brings several kinds of open models together in one private app.
- Chat: text and vision with streaming and a reasoning mode.
- Image generation: text to image and image to image with SDXL and Stable Diffusion models.
- Voice: speech to text with whisper, text to speech with Kokoro, and a hands-free mode.
- Projects: chat with your documents and get cited sources.
- Artifacts: live HTML, React, SVG, Mermaid and Markdown in a sandbox.
- Connectors: add MCP servers and use them inside chat.
- Model catalog: curated picks and direct Hugging Face search.
- Local gateway: an OpenAI-compatible API on your own Mac.
What’s New in Version 0.0.55
Off Grid AI 0.0.55 is a maintenance release.
- No user-facing changes in this build, according to the release notes.
Off Grid AI FAQ
Is Off Grid AI free?
Yes. The main app is free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. Off Grid AI Pro is an optional paid upgrade.
What does Off Grid AI Pro add?
It adds an opt-in, always-on layer with screen capture, on-device memory, meeting recording and dictation. It is sold as a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription.
Does Off Grid AI need an account or an API key?
No. The free app runs models on your own device without an account or API key.
Does Off Grid AI work on Intel Macs?
No. The Mac version is for Apple Silicon only.
Which macOS version does Off Grid AI need?
The project's build settings set macOS 13 as the minimum.
Does Off Grid AI send my data anywhere?
Inference runs on your device, and the project says your conversations, files and models never leave it. Anonymous usage data and crash reports are sent only if you turn them on.
Which models can I use?
You can pick from the built-in catalog or use any GGUF model from Hugging Face.
Can I chat with my own documents?
Yes. Projects accept documents such as text, Markdown, PDF and DOCX files and answer with cited sources.
Can other apps use the models in Off Grid AI?
Yes. Its local gateway offers an OpenAI-compatible API with no key at http://127.0.0.1:7878/v1.
Where does the Off Grid AI download on off-grid-ai.FULLMAC.app come from?
The download button leads to the official Off Grid AI releases on GitHub at https://github.com/off-grid-ai/OGAD/releases/latest. off-grid-ai.FULLMAC.app does not change or repackage the app.
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