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24 alternatives to Gemlet

Native, keyboard-first Gemini client for macOS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Option + Space and Gemini is right there

    Apr 2026 · gemini.google · 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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    Interact and collaborate with AI to create

    2025 · gemini.google · its alternatives →

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    Supercharge productivity in your browser with Gemini AI

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn your browser into an AI workspace

    Mar 2026 · blog.google · its alternatives →

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    A native Mac email client for multiple Gmail accounts. Every Google account — Gmail, Calendar, Drive — in one window, each in its own session. 4 MB download, no bundled browser. Buy once.

    Jul 2026 · orbitformac.com · its alternatives →

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    Google's first natively multimodal embedding model

    Mar 2026 · blog.google · its alternatives →

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    The Ultimate Open Source Library for Gemini & Nano

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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    A simple weekend project, to check if chat conversation could be used on CLI. Uses Google Gemini's gemini-2.0-flash model. Configs will make it nicer, but I wanted to keep it simple to test and launch for now. I can add things for you :) Please give it a try!

    2025 · blog.google · its alternatives →

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    Quartz▲270

    AI email client built for focus. Runs locally on your Mac

    Jun 2026 · quartzmail.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I built a native macOS desktop client for Hacker News and I'm open-sourcing it under the MIT license. GitHub: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News Download (signed & notarized DMG, macOS 14.0+): https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News/releases Screenshots: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News#screenshots I spend a lot of time reading HN — I wanted something that felt like a proper Mac app: a sidebar for browsing stories, an integrated reader for articles, and comment threading — all in one window.…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gemma Gem is a Chrome extension that loads Google's Gemma 4 (2B) through WebGPU in an offscreen document and gives it tools to interact with any webpage: read content, take screenshots, click elements, type text, scroll, and run JavaScript. You get a small chat overlay on every page. Ask it about the page and it (usually) figures out which tools to call. It has a thinking mode that shows chain-of-thought reasoning as it works. It's a 2B model in a browser. It works for simple page questions and running JavaScript, but multi-step tool chains are unreliable and it sometimes ignores its tools…

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Chrome now includes a native on-device LLM (Gemini Nano) starting in version 138. I've been building with it since it was in origin trials, it's powerful but the official Prompt API is still a bit awkward: - Enforces sessions even for basic usage - Requires user-triggered downloads - Lacks type safety or structured error handling So I open-sourced a small TypeScript wrapper I originally built for other projects to smooth over the rough edges: github: https://github.com/kstonekuan/simple-chromium-ai npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/simple-chromium-ai…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I’ve been building Oliphaunt, a native Mastodon client for macOS, as a solo project — designed to be fast, lightweight and feel right at home on the Mac. It’s not built with Catalyst or Electron framework. Key features: • Native macOS UI using AppKit with some SwiftUI integration (not a web wrapper) • Core Data for local caching • Responsive, keyboard-friendly interface • UX tailored for desktop-class Mac computers • Supports multiple accounts, cross-instance timelines and search You can try it via TestFlight (macOS 14+ Sonoma): https://testflight.apple.com/join/Epq1P3Cw…

    2025 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Code from images, debug with screenshots

    2025 · developer.android.com · its alternatives →

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    Nexion▲9

    The AI-native workspace for macOS

    May 2026 · nexion.one · its alternatives →

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    Glint▲107

    Claude Code activity, right where you want it.

    Jun 2026 · glint.binarybeam.net · its alternatives →

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    Your AI, Your Way.

    2025 · gemi-chat-beta.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    The GUI-native AI agent

    2025 · blog.google · its alternatives →

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    Unofficial desktop client for Google Gemini & AI Studio

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Source Prompt Manager for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini,...

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Smart prompts for Swift devs, better responses, fewer tokens

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hivelex▲13

    10 essential dev tools in one beautiful native macOS app

    2025 · hivelex.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone, I've been working on a CLI tool that can help to easily run any model in claude, Codex, Gemini, Pi, and OpenCode. It's also an API keys manager, supports multiple providers or OpenAI/Claude/Gemini accounts. You can add openrouter, poe, Vercel AI gateways etc. It has a built-in provider that is free to all, which is using Deepseek-V4, no login or API key required, add your own when you're ready. After installation you can try claude instantly (No config, no login): aivo claude Hope it's useful to someone.

    Apr 2026 · getaivo.dev · its alternatives →

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