AYVI

macOS · Beta · Coming soon · no public download yet

AI help for whatever you select on your Mac.

Select text or code, press ⌥ Space, choose an action. AYVI answers next to your selection – you see replacements as a diff first.

Try the demo Beta status

Use to open and close the panel in the demo.

stats.pyDemo · sample data
def average(values):total = 0for i in range(1, len(values)):total += values[i]return total / len(values)
Selection detected

AYVI Assistant

Demo

What would you like to do with the selection?

AYVI is working ·

Display only – changes nothing

Replaces only after you confirm

Change applied

Only in the demo document. No real app was changed.

Prepared results: the demo runs in your browser, with no AI model, no request, and stores nothing.

Quick at the notch. In depth in the panel.

AYVI has two views for the same task. The classic panel next to your selection is the default; you can switch to the notch view in Settings.

Selection detected 1 line of Swift · from Xcode

AYVI Assistant

Demo

What would you like to do with the selection?

AYVI is working ·

Display only – changes nothing

Replaces only after you confirm

Change applied

Only in the demo document. No real app was changed.

struct Item {let title: String} struct ItemList {let items: [Item] func firstTitle() -> String? {
let first = items[0]
return first.title}}

DemoDemo · notch view recreated, sample data

Notch

  • Grows out of your MacBook's camera housing – on Macs without a notch as a slim bar at the top centre of the screen.
  • Up to three fitting actions for the selection, with result and diff right below.
  • Esc closes the view. A running task and its result are kept.

Panel

  • Default: floats next to your selection.
  • Room for long explanations, your own questions and follow-ups.
  • From the notch view, “Open details” takes you there.

Try the panel in your browser

You decide who answers.

AYVI does not ship its own model. Depending on your settings, a model on your Mac answers or a provider you set up yourself. Without a configured provider, nothing goes to the network.

  • Apple on-device model

    Stays on your Mac

    The default when your Mac offers it: macOS 26 and Apple Intelligence. No download, no account.

  • Ollama with a free model

    Stays on your Mac

    One click in the start window installs Ollama and downloads the model qwen2.5:7b – a one-time download of about 5 GB. Works offline afterwards.

  • Your own API key

    Goes to the provider

    Anthropic or OpenAI-compatible, Mac only. The key is kept in Keychain; costs and data rules are set by the provider. “Local models only” blocks this path.

  • AYVI Cloud

    Not available

    A hosted service is still being worked out and is not offered at this time.

The secret scan before sending is heuristic and can miss matches. AI providers in detail

What you need.

System
macOS 14 or newer. The Apple model needs macOS 26.
Permission
Accessibility – so AYVI can read the selection and replace it after you confirm.
Local AI
About 5 GB of storage for Ollama and the model. Setup warns below 8 GB of memory.
Apps
Any app that exposes its selection through Accessibility. None has been systematically verified yet.

Installation guideCompatibility per app

Beta status

No public download A signed, notarized download is prepared but not built yet. The source code is public on GitHub (Apache 2.0).

Frequently asked questions

Does AYVI read what I type?

No. AYVI only reads the selection, and only when you press the shortcut or start an action. Password fields are never captured.

Does AYVI change my text on its own?

Normal changes appear as a diff first and wait for you. The exception is “Improve directly”: after you explicitly choose that action, it applies a minimal correction without a second diff. It is on in a fresh installation and can be turned off.

Does AYVI work offline?

With the Apple model or Ollama, yes. Setting up Ollama and downloading the model need a connection once.

What does AYVI cost?

No prices have been set, and there is no public download yet. A cloud provider you configure may charge its own fees.

Is there a Windows version?

A Windows client is in progress. So far it has only been built in the automation run, not checked on a real machine. There is no download.

All questions

Pixel is waiting at the notch.

Pixel is AYVI's companion: it shows whether AYVI is waiting, working or done – always with a text label next to it.

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