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For Apple Silicon Macs

Agent work, native on your Mac.

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.

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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

A native Mac app for agent work that feels like the rest of your Mac.

Why it holds
The host is native code; local models use the Mac's GPU.
How soon
Download, open, connect a model.
What it saves you
No juggling browser tabs for agent work.

The plan

What does the work, and what is still being built.

Every card names its status. Available now means you can use it today; in development and direction mean it is not shipped yet.

Free Bandicot core

Available now

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.

A trusted harness around the model

Available now

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.

Projects that hold the work

Available now

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.

Durable work sessions

Available now

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.

A human gate for writes

Available now

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.

Hardware-aware model fit

Available now

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.

One-click local installs

Available now

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.

Local models without a network

Available now

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.

Choose the model that fits

Available now

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.

Recorded versions of the work

Available now

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

Native Start

Solo · free · 1 profile

  • The full app for one profile
  • Local models checked against your GPU
  • Approval before writes
  • Every token in view

Free for one profile, no card required. Add profiles when someone joins.

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Focus is a feature.

Bandicot does these too, but they are not why this page exists. Anything marked in development or direction is not shipped yet.

  • Teams across machines
  • Shared compute, intentionally routed
  • Optional access controls
  • Separate threads for a pivot

Questions

Questions before you start

Which Macs are supported?+

Apple Silicon Macs. Local models are checked against your Mac's GPU memory budget before they download.

How big are the local models?+

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.

Is there a Windows version?+

Not today.

Native Start

A native host, a fit check before every local download, and the same projects for every model.

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  • SetupDrop a setup file on the window, type keys at a hidden prompt, and a second user lands on the same setupb3315485
  • PermissionsAuto is the only permission mode, tuned by permissions.json; dock reads Work | Team | Versions and never clips545d855a
  • TeamYour agent reads team channels and drafts posts behind a broker2cffe87c
  • MacsA sleeping Mac's schedules run on your awake Mac that holds the project, handed back on wake3ee6c14d
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  • TeamYour own Macs as one group2d761c37
  • VersionsSync a folder with your team5e88fb2c
  • TeamAcross networkse8d84155
  • TerminalAgent calls sit on a vertical icon rail8862102a
  • ChatOne auto viewe889d9cd
  • SetupDrop a setup file on the window, type keys at a hidden prompt, and a second user lands on the same setupb3315485
  • PermissionsAuto is the only permission mode, tuned by permissions.json; dock reads Work | Team | Versions and never clips545d855a
  • TeamYour agent reads team channels and drafts posts behind a broker2cffe87c
  • MacsA sleeping Mac's schedules run on your awake Mac that holds the project, handed back on wake3ee6c14d
  • MacsAnswer and start work across your own Macs9cbff698
  • SetupOne portable setup file9cac30cf
  • TeamOffline mailboxc3f84303
  • TeamYour own Macs as one group2d761c37
  • VersionsSync a folder with your team5e88fb2c
  • TeamAcross networkse8d84155

Product

  • Work
  • Team
  • Versions
  • Automatons
  • Sub-agents
  • Skills, plugins and MCP

Safety

  • Approvals
  • Undo a run
  • Local models
  • Setup file
  • Security

Use cases

  • Teams
  • Agencies
  • Founders
  • Consultants
  • Token costs
  • Cursor users
  • ChatGPT users
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Learn

  • Approval gate
  • Undo an agent run
  • Tokens per solved task
  • Frozen prompt prefix
  • Sub-agents
  • Automatons
  • Setup file
  • Every answer →

Resources

  • Get started
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  • Connect a model
  • FAQ
  • llms.txt
  • Knowledge gallery

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