Overview

Aspenside is a secure, native macOS desktop companion for personal AI agents that runs entirely on your machine. It acts as an autonomous agent that builds projects, runs terminal commands, reorganizes files, executes local scripts, and coordinates workflows — inspecting task outputs and asking for your approval before making changes. Bring your own keys and connect directly to any model: Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, Mistral, xAI, NVIDIA, or local Ollama engines, with no platform markups or middleman telemetry. A local database, OS Keychain credential storage, and offline workspaces keep everything private with zero cloud logging. Extend the agent with installable Skills for documents, email drafts, local tools, or file indexing, and use mobile sync to approve tasks and monitor active workflows remotely from your phone or tablet.

Pricing: Free app — bring your own API keys (free with local models)

Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel

Key Features

Autonomous agent that builds projects and runs terminal commands
Automates file operations, folder reorganization, and local scripts
Approve agent actions before changes are made
Bring your own keys — Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Gemini, Mistral, xAI, NVIDIA, Ollama
100% local — local database, Keychain credentials, zero telemetry
Full local folder and document indexing for workspace context
Extensible Skills system for custom capabilities
Task planner with step-by-step objectives
Mobile sync and remote task approval from phone or tablet
Pay-as-you-go at direct API rates, or free with local offline models