Overview
Apollo is a free AI chat app by Liquid AI that brings private, on-device language models to your Mac. Powered by LEAP, Liquid's optimized inference engine, Apollo runs small but capable LLMs locally without sending data to the cloud. It also connects to nearly every cloud model via OpenRouter, including Meta Llama and ChatGPT-4, and supports custom backends like LM Studio and Ollama. With built-in text-to-speech, speech-to-text, web search with RAG, and per-chat model settings, Apollo is a versatile multi-provider AI client that puts privacy first.
Minimum macOS: 15.0 (Sequoia)
Architecture: Apple Silicon
Key Features
- On-device LLMs powered by LEAP for private, offline inference
- OpenRouter integration for access to nearly every cloud model
- Custom backend support for LM Studio, Ollama, and self-hosted LLMs
- Text-to-speech and speech-to-text with on-device or third-party providers
- Web search with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Per-chat model settings and conversation management
- No data collection - fully private by design
- Available on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS
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