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Let's get you set up.

Download BoBe, drag the app to Applications and open it. Setup walks you through the rest.

Version 0.2.0 · macOS 26 · Apple Silicon

The latest release, on GitHub

What you need.

A Mac
Apple Silicon, macOS 26 or later.
A model
A key or a sign-in from a provider, or Ollama on your own Mac.
Some space
About 940 MB for the English speech models.
Two permissions
The microphone, for voice. Screen recording, only if you want BoBe to notice your work.

Your first launch.

Setup takes a few minutes. It asks only what it cannot guess.

  1. 1

    Where BoBe runsOn this Mac, or on another machine of yours.

  2. 2

    The modelA provider, your own endpoint, or Ollama.

  3. 3

    YouYour name, and a first goal if you like.

  4. 4

    How present BoBe isQuiet, Balanced or Proactive.

  5. 5

    PermissionsScreen awareness is optional.

  6. 6

    VoiceBoBe installs the speech models.

Then BoBe appears on your desktop, with an icon in the menu bar.