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24 alternatives to ChappieAI

Your AI co-pilot with hands. Files, git, terminal & more.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Native ChatGPT for MacOS

    2024 · thinkbuddy.ai · its alternatives →

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    Chat with AI using your API keys. Pay only for what you use. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other LLMs supported. The best chat LLM frontend UI for all AI models.

    2023 · typingmind.com · its alternatives →

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    OpenBotfree▲362

    Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

    23d ago · openbot.run · its alternatives →

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    Hi Hackers, Excited to share a macOS app I've been working on: https://recurse.chat/ for chatting with local AI. While it's amazing that you can run AI models locally quite easily these days (through llama.cpp / llamafile / ollama / llm CLI etc.), I missed feature complete chat interfaces. Tools like LMStudio are super powerful, but there's a learning curve to it. I'd like to hit a middleground of simplicity and customizability for advanced users. Here's what separates RecurseChat out from similar apps: - UX designed for you to use local AI as a daily driver.…

    2024 · recurse.chat · its alternatives →

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    Clawi.ai▲428

    OpenClaw in the Cloud with Zero Setup and on 24/7

    Feb 2026 · clawi.ai · its alternatives →

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    2-b.ai▲416

    Todoist meets ChatGPT inside your browser

    Jan 2026 · 2-b.ai · its alternatives →

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    Chai▲83

    A platform for building and interacting with chat bots

    2021 · chai-research.com · its alternatives →

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    A GPT-powered chatbot for any site

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    FetchAI▲259

    The fastest way to talk to any AI on Mac

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Unlock the power of Open AI API + Albato Integrations

    2023 · albato.com · its alternatives →

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    Freu AI▲295

    Automate any Mac app with $0 recurring run cost

    May 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Secure & local AI chatbot for iOS and macOS

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Lekh AI▲80

    Run powerful AI models on your Mac:fully offline and private

    Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Speedy conversational AI

    Mar 2026 · gallifai.site · its alternatives →

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    The AI companion for the Apple ecosystem

    2023 · proximetry.com · its alternatives →

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    Translate, summarize & explain any text on-device

    Jun 2026 · edoardoguzzi.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! Smooth CLI (https://www.smooth.sh) is a browser that agents like Claude Code can use to navigate the web reliably, quickly, and affordably. It lets agents specify tasks using natural language, hiding UI complexity, and allowing them to focus on higher-level intents to carry out complex web tasks. It can also use your IP address while running browsers in the cloud, which helps a lot with roadblocks like captchas (https://docs.smooth.sh/features/use-my-ip). Here’s a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62jthcU705k Docs start at…

    Feb 2026 · docs.smooth.sh · its alternatives →

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    Launch AI CLI tools instantly from Finder

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I've been building computer-use tools for a while, and I quietly launched this about a month ago (122 Stars on GH). I figured it was worth sharing here. Over the last few months, a lot of computer-use agents have come out: Codex, Claude Code, CUA, and others. Most of them seem to work roughly like this: 1. Take a screenshot 2. Have the model predict pixel coordinates 3. Click x,y 4. Take another screenshot 5. Repeat That works, but it's slow, expensive in tokens, and fragile. If the UI shifts a few pixels, things break. And the model still doesn't know what any element actually is. But the…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Connect your Mac's Mail, Calendar, and more to AI

    Apr 2026 · claunnector.com · its alternatives →

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    This project was born from my passion for every Apple product and the entire ecosystem, along with the power of ChatGPT. I was tired of copy-pasting and switching between apps on my Mac or iPhone, so I had this crazy idea to bring ChatGPT into every app that I use. This was possible only with the Apple Shortcuts app. Very few people know about its power and potential, so I took this chance and built COPILOT. https://meetcopilot.app But I also loved the idea of AI agents using various tools so much that I leveraged OpenAI's function-calling feature to accomplish that. Now, no matter…

    2023 · meetcopilot.app · its alternatives →

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    AI that actually controls your Windows/Mac desktop - clicks, types, automates workflows across any application. Native OS integration, not cloud APIs. Built this because I was tired of AI that could only chat. Free tier (Gemini) + paid tier (Claude) for reliable automation. The AI can automate complex workflows, manage files/emails, control browsers and native apps. Just launched 2 weeks ago. What workflows would you want automated?

    2025 · aioscompanion.com · its alternatives →

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    Chayi▲11

    On-Device Offline AI Chatbot

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone, nice to meet you and I am a newcomer of HN. I have made a binary tool Aih that could communicate with Bard, ChatGPT, Claude, and Llama(HuggingChat) from the terminal. https://github.com/Databingo/aih Since CAPTCHA challenges and bots detecting have become increasingly difficult, I've changed my strategy from hacking the APIs to simulating a real browser's action. The tool first takes the logged-in cookies of Google, ChatGPT, Claude, and HuggingChat accounts from the real Chrome browser, then it opens an invisible instance of Chromium for communication, then…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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