You talk
Speak whenever you like. From another app, press ⌥ Space or say “OK Maé”. Your words show as you speak.
The voice assistant that lives on your Mac.
You talk, Maé answers out loud, in real time. Everything runs on your Mac: your voice never leaves your devices.
Follow the project on GitHub
In development No download yet.
A real conversation, out loud.
No button to hold, no set phrases: you talk to her like you would to anyone.
She thinks
The language model runs on your Mac’s chip, not on a server.
She answers
She starts talking before her answer is fully written. Want her to stop? Just speak.
Your voice stays at home.
Speech recognition, the language model and the voice all run on your Mac. No account, no telemetry.
The details, feature by feature-
Even offlineOnce the models are downloaded, Maé works without an internet connection.
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Nothing without your OKWeb search, memory, the iPhone… Everything that goes further stays off until you turn it on.
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Only what’s neededWhen a feature goes online, only what it needs leaves: a few keywords, a place. Never your voice.
What she can do.
Maé answers your questions, and can do much more if you let her.
From any app
Press ⌥ Space, or your own shortcut, and talk. A small capsule follows the conversation without hiding what you’re doing.
“OK Maé”
Hands-free: say her name, then what you want.
You
OK Maé, what time is it?
Events, reminders, timers
She adds them to your calendar and reminders, and runs your shortcuts.
You
Set a ten-minute timer for the pasta.
Web search
The news, a score, opening hours, a price: she searches with the engine you choose, and tells you where the answer comes from.
You
What time does the pool close on Sundays?
Weather, rates, travel times
Precise answers, from dedicated services rather than a search.
You
Will it rain in Lyon tomorrow?
Memory
She remembers what you ask her to remember, and nothing else.
You
Remember that I’m allergic to nuts.
French and English
She answers in the language you speak, and switches on her own.
You
Quel temps fait-il à Paris ?Long tasks
She hands a website, code or research to an agent like Claude Code, and a notification tells you when it’s done.
Received information
Home Assistant or your scripts can send her a sentence to say. It only informs her: it never triggers an action.
“OK Maé”, the actions, web search, memory and the iPhone stay off until you turn them on in Settings.
And from your iPhone.
The iPhone and iPad app becomes your Mac’s microphone, speaker and screen. Talk to Maé from anywhere: the work stays on the Mac.
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One code to scan, onceYour Mac shows a code, the app scans it. Done.
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At home, directlyOn the same Wi-Fi, the iPhone talks straight to your Mac.
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Elsewhere, through an encrypted relayThe relay only sees encrypted packets: never a word, never a sound. You can also host your own.
The iPhone and iPad app isn’t on the App Store yet.
What you need.
A recent Mac is enough. The more memory it has, the larger the language model.
A Mac with Apple silicon
- Apple silicon: M1 or later.
- macOS 15 or later.
- At least 8 GB of memory.
- 5.7 to 30.1 GB free for the models, depending on the Mac’s memory.
- For the iPhone and iPad app: iOS 18 or later.
The model follows the memory
| Memory | Language model | Download | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 GB | Gemma 4 E2B | 5.7 GB | Estimated |
| 16 to 24 GB | Gemma 4 E4B | 7.3 GB | Estimated |
| 32 to 36 GB | Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 17.5 GB | Tested |
| 48 GB and more | Gemma 4 26B-A4B, 8-bit | 30.1 GB | Estimated |
Only the 32 to 36 GB tier could be measured so far, on an M1 Pro. The app picks the model that suits your Mac.
Under the hood.
Open models, running on your Mac’s chip. The app is written in Swift.
Voice detection
Silero VAD
On the CPU
Speech recognition
Parakeet TDT v3
NVIDIA · on the Neural Engine
Language model
Gemma 4
Google · on the GPU, with MLX
Voice
Pocket TTS
Kyutai · on the GPU
1.6 s
from the end of your sentence to the first sound of her answer.
0.25 s
for her to stop when you talk over her.
Measured on an M1 Pro Mac with 32 GB. For the answer, a median; the goal is to get under one second.
Questions.
When can I install it?
There’s no date yet. OpenMaé is in development, and there’s no download yet. To try it now, you build the app from its source code: everything is explained on GitHub.
Does Maé work offline?
Yes. You need the internet once, to download the models. After that she works offline, except for the features that go online, if you turn them on.
Who hears what I say?
Your Mac, and only your Mac. The microphone’s sound is processed on your Mac and sent nowhere. With the iPhone app, it travels encrypted to your Mac.
Which languages does she speak?
French first, and English. She answers in the language you speak to her. The app itself is in French and English.
Can my Mac run it?
You need a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later), macOS 15 or later and at least 8 GB of memory. Intel Macs are not supported.