Task Bert
Fully local open-source agent for managing your texts
Task Bert launched on April 9, 2026 with 119 votes, #307 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Bert is the private iMessage assistant that I want Siri to be. Search your messages locally on your Mac to find buried details, turn loose plans into reminders or calendar events, and get nudged to follow up on conversations that slipped through the cracks. Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key for AI features, so your message history stays on-device and under your control – no middle man, and fully open sourced.
Bert turns your iMessages into a clear, organized action list — so you never miss a reply, appointment, or important detail again.
Ask your texts real questions, recover buried details, and turn vague plans into to-dos and calendar events — right from your Mac. Bert runs entirely on your Mac. Your messages are indexed locally in an embedded database — nothing is uploaded, stored remotely, or shared. You bring your own API key for AI features. Download Bert and move grant Full Disk Access. Bert indexes your messages locally with full-text and vector search. Add your API key and hit Sync. Bert sends the conversations directly to your LLM provider to summarize and find to-dos and calendar events. Search your history, review action items, and never let an important message slip through the cracks. No. Bert can't send,…from taskbert.com
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