Does every Hugging Face model work?

No. The stated addition path is single-file GGUF. Hardware, model compatibility and tool behavior still matter; the pinned catalog offers a checked starting point.

Where do my prompts go?

A local model runs on your Mac. A hosted provider receives the prompts you send it and bills you directly. Choose the route the work permits.

Do I need a paid plan?

The free plan has every capability for one profile. Paid plans add profiles, and hosted providers bill you separately.

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Will this GGUF actually fit your Mac?

Add a single-file GGUF from Hugging Face and Bandicot reads the file's header, works out the memory it needs and checks the disk before it downloads. Then the model joins the project you already have.

Single-file GGUF additions from Hugging Faceincluded
A memory and disk check before every downloadincluded
A fingerprint checked before each loadincluded
A hardware-aware catalog pickerincluded
One project shared across every model you tryincluded

plan: Free
profiles: 1 profile

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Check a model's fit See local models

Free for one person on your Mac, no card. Your model provider bills you directly.

The fit is checked first, the file's fingerprint is recorded on download and checked before every load, and a changed file is never run. The project stays put while models come and go.

Same question, different tool

A chat box answers. Bandicot does the work in your folders, asks before it writes, and keeps a version of every change.

In a chat boxA model and a text box, with no gate before a write.
In BandicotA trusted harness around the modelBandicot gives every agent a project, tools, a session that survives restarts, approvals, and a clear place to stop.
In a chat boxA conversation. The files stay wherever you copied them from.
In BandicotProjects that hold the workKeep files, context, plans, and decisions with the project instead of losing them in a disposable chat.
In a chat boxClose the tab and the thread is somewhere in a list.
In BandicotDurable work sessionsClose the window, restart, or pick up from another of your Macs without turning the work into a brand-new conversation.
In a chat boxIt suggests an edit and you apply it yourself, so there is no gate to read.
In BandicotA human gate for writesWhen work can change files or systems, Bandicot makes the decision visible before the effect lands.

Checked, and labelled

Each line says whether it ships now or is still being built, so you never buy a promise.

Local models in one click
A pinned catalog of 23 chat and coding models, from Gemma 3 270M to Qwen3.5 35B-A3B, each checked against the Mac's GPU memory budget before download.
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Any model, one project
Switch between hosted providers and local models without rebuilding the project around one lab.
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See what every turn spent
Tokens, cache reads and cost are recorded per turn, session, profile and model, and the Habits tab shows the patterns.
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Browse can add a single-file GGUF model from Hugging Face.
Bandicot checks it fits first and never runs it if the file changes.
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Before downloading a model, Bandicot checks memory needs and disk space.
Before a download, Bandicot reads the model's own file header to work out how much memory it will need and checks there is room on the disk.
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An added model’s fingerprint is checked before every load.
Bandicot records the file's fingerprint on the first download and checks it before every load, so a file swapped on disk is never run.
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The GGUF Workbench

Every line below is already in the plan. Nothing here is an extra you pay for.

Single-file GGUF additions from Hugging Faceincluded
A memory and disk check before every downloadincluded
A fingerprint checked before each loadincluded
A hardware-aware catalog pickerincluded
One project shared across every model you tryincluded

Free1 profileFree

Check a model's fit See local models

Free for one person on your Mac, no card. Your model provider bills you directly.

No contract. Cancel any time from your account and keep the plan until the end of the period you paid for.

Try it with the door open

No contract. Cancel any time from your account and keep the plan until the end of the period you paid for.

Your files stay yours
The agent does its work in your own folders on your Mac, so the files are yours to keep.
Start without paying
The free plan has every capability for one profile, and asks for no card.
Put a run back
Every changed file is a version, so a run you regret is one click from undone.

Check a model's fit See local models

What we say about it

Hosted providers and local models, in the same project.

Hardware is checked before the download, and the pinned catalog offers a starting point chosen for your Mac's memory.