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AI · October 27, 2026

Boltbar

Spotlight-style AI chat for your Mac

Boltbar launched on October 27, 2026 with 67 votes, #596 of 4,962 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Boltbar is a small, native chat bar for macOS. Press ⌥ Space in any app, ask GPT or Claude, and get back to what you were doing, or let Claude Code or Codex work in a project folder. Free and open source.

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