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Available nowSolo is free with every capability for one profile. Bring a provider key, a local model, or both; a provider's own bill stays yours.
Paid plans add profiles to an account. Bandicot does not resell model tokens.
For Apple Silicon Macs
Bandicot is a native Mac app with its own host. Local models run on the Mac's GPU after a fit check, and hosted providers plug into the same projects.
Solo is free for one profile · providers bill you directly
The pressure
Most AI tools are a browser tab or a wrapper around one, with no idea what your Mac can run.
A native host, a fit check before every local download, and the same projects for every model.
The picture
The plan
Every card names its status. Available now means you can use it today; in development and direction mean it is not shipped yet.
Solo is free with every capability for one profile. Bring a provider key, a local model, or both; a provider's own bill stays yours.
Paid plans add profiles to an account. Bandicot does not resell model tokens.
Bandicot gives every agent a project, tools, a session that survives restarts, approvals, and a clear place to stop.
The native host owns execution facts. The model proposes work; it does not certify a write, spend, or success.
Keep files, context, plans, and decisions with the project instead of losing them in a disposable chat.
A session is anchored to a project boundary so a pivot starts from an intentional context, not accidental history.
Close a client or reconnect after a pause without turning the work into a brand-new conversation.
The host records session state and clients reattach to it. A browser view does not become the source of truth.
When work can change files or systems, Bandicot makes the decision visible before the effect lands.
The approval boundary fails closed when an action is not allowed. The model cannot grant itself permission.
Before a local model downloads, Bandicot checks it against your Mac's GPU memory budget and free disk.
The fit check reads the Metal working-set budget, not physical RAM, and counts weights, context cache and a stated reserve.
Pick a small local model from a pinned catalog and install it in one click, checksum verified.
Eight chat models from about 1.25 to 4 GB of memory, on Apple Silicon. Small models suit private, light work; they are not frontier models.
Once a local model is downloaded, chatting with it needs no connection.
Small local models run through llama.cpp on your Mac. Hosted providers still need the network.
Use a local endpoint, a private runtime, or a remote provider without rebuilding the project around one model lab.
Provider adapters keep model choice separate from project state. Remote providers receive the prompts sent to them.
Keep a legible trail of the turn and its effects so a pivot can be reviewed instead of guessed at.
The host treats state changes as recorded events. Reverting is itself part of the history.
For you if
Mac users on Apple Silicon.
Not for you if
Windows and Linux users, for now.
The offer
Solo · free · 1 profile
Free for one profile, no card required. Add profiles when someone joins.
Solo is free for one profile · providers bill you directly
Left off this page
Bandicot does these too, but they are not why this page exists. Anything marked in development or direction is not shipped yet.
Questions
Apple Silicon Macs. Local models are checked against your Mac's GPU memory budget before they download.
The pinned catalog runs from Gemma 3 270M to SmolLM3 3B, about 1.25 to 4 GB of memory each. Larger work goes to a hosted provider you connect.
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