Download once on a good connection. Ask all week.

Written for mac users working with metered or constrained connectivity.

Pick a model that fits, download it while a suitable connection is available, and chat with it in your project without another request leaving the Mac. Remote tools still need a network, so plan around those.

You decide when the big download happens, with the fit checked first. After that, local conversation needs no connection. No bandwidth saving is promised, only the choice of when.

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Plan a download Read local model docs

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

Before you start

No depending on the next network session for every local question.

A Mac
Bandicot is a Mac app. The work happens in your folders, on your machine.
A folder
Keep files, context, plans and decisions with the project instead of losing them in a disposable chat.
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A model
A local model, an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or a hosted provider you sign in to. The provider bills you directly.

Free

For one person on your Mac. Every plan has every capability.

What it does for this job

Free Bandicot core
The free plan has every capability for one profile. Bring a provider key, a local model, or both; a provider's own bill stays yours.
A trusted harness around the model
Bandicot gives every agent a project, tools, a session that survives restarts, approvals, and a clear place to stop.
Projects that hold the work
Keep files, context, plans, and decisions with the project instead of losing them in a disposable chat.
Durable work sessions
Close the window, restart, or pick up from another of your Macs without turning the work into a brand-new conversation.

What a chat box leaves to you

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.

Is this for you?

Made for

Mac users who plan large downloads and work from local files.

Mac users planning model work around metered connectivity

Not yet for

People seeking measured bandwidth savings or offline access to remote tools.

The receipt for one session

Downloaded local models need no connection for conversation, and the download is checked against memory and disk first.

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Asked: Plan local model downloads so routine inference need not use a network
Before it wrote: It asked, and waited for your answer
Files kept: modelsversion kept
fitversion kept
projectversion kept
Stands behind: Before downloading a model, Bandicot checks memory needs and disk space
The main working model is not reloaded just to write a summary
Voice is heard offline on this Mac and needs macOS 14 or later

Paid to Bandicot: Free
Model bill: from your provider

Local-model chat without repeated remote inference requests.

You decide when the big download happens, with the fit checked first. After that, local conversation needs no connection. No bandwidth saving is promised, only the choice of when.

Leaving costs nothing

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.

Plan a download Read local model docs

Download Plan Kit

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

A pinned local model catalogincluded
A memory and disk check before the downloadincluded
Local-model chat inside a projectincluded
Side models that run beside the main one instead of reloading itincluded
Free for one profileincluded

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Plan a download Read local model docs

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.

Straight answers

Do you claim a bandwidth saving?

No measured bandwidth saving is claimed. Downloads can be large; choose when to download and remember that remote tools still need connectivity.

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.