Alice is a desktop app for macOS, Windows & Linux that lets you chat with leading AI models, deploy Assistants and chat to your apps MCP and automations. Version 4.0 marks the biggest leap in our 4 year productivity journey.
Hello Again Fam! π»
Greg here, co-founder of Alice.
After months of using ChatGPT and testing endless AI tools, I kept running into the same frustrating workflow:
1. Working on something important
2. Need AI help
3. Cmd+Tab to browser
4. Find the ChatGPT tab (among 47 other tabs π )
5. Provide context from scratch
6. Wait, wait more... copy response
7. Navigate back to my work
8. Paste the response
9. Realize I lost my train of thought...
Sound familiar?
That's why we built Alice as a native desktop app, not another web interface.
While everyone else is alt-tabbing to ChatGPT, Alice users summon their AI with a single hotkey - instantly, from anywhere. No context switching.
What makes Alice different:
π Instant Access - Summon Alice with a hotkey from any app. Your AI assistant appears as an overlay, responds, and disappears. All in seconds.
β‘ Build Custom AI Assistants - Create specialized assistants that remember your context, documents, and preferences. Train them once, use them forever.
π App Integration - Use MCP servers to chat to your apps, or connect to Zapier, Make, and custom APIs. Alice doesn't just answer questions - it executes workflows, analyzes local files, and automates repetitive tasks.
π Privacy First - Everything stays local on your device. Use your own API keys for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and more. Your data never leaves your machine and you can even use offline models.
π₯οΈ Native Performance - Not a simple web wrapper. Alice is built native for macOS, Windows, and Linux. From idea to execution in milliseconds.
Version 4.0 marks the biggest leap in our 4-year journey:
γ» There's tons of advanced features like MCP, Docs, Remote Actions and more
γ» We've built a library of 50+ readymade assistants with 200+ skills
With flexible pricing:
γ» You can still buy Alice one-time and use with your API keys
γ» There's also subscription starting at $8 / mo with all leading models
Alice is now completely FREE to try for 3 weeks at β https://heyalice.app
Just give it a try!
I can't wait to hear your feedback and thoughts of how we can improve Alice, or what apps / workflows you'd like to automate with AI?
Thanks π
Huge congrats to the whole team!! π Been following your journey and the grind β really impressive to see it all come together.
Iβve lost count of how many times Iβve broken my flow tabbing over to ChatGPT just to copy/paste something back. Alice looks like such a clean solution to that. Love the hotkey summon idea, and the privacy-first approach makes it even better. Canβt wait to give it a spin!
I've been using Alice since its inception. I look at its evolution, although in the beginning, it was more of a revolution.
I'm looking at the way @gregrog and @overment, I'm looking at how both of them think about "what to do to make Alice even more accessible to the 'average user" and at the same time maximally efficient for any "heavy user".
I keep my fingers crossed for the further development of this project and invite you to support it!
Congratulations on the new version! I've been using Alice for six months, and it has truly been a game-changer for my productivity. While it may seem like a simple ideaβcombining a chat app with Shortcuts and the macOS systemβit effectively reduces the friction between contemplating tasks and actually completing them β .
You can receive immediate personalized support for research, learning, problem-solving, and writingβall just a few clicks away. ππ
It's great to see Alice at the top of the rankings! I use Alice daily, dozens, if not hundreds of times. Excellent product, excellent team, excellent community. It's like a knife and fork for working with AI - you can eat with your hands, but why would you?
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Huge congrats to the whole team!! π Been following your journey and the grind β really impressive to see it all come together.
Iβve lost count of how many times Iβve broken my flow tabbing over to ChatGPT just to copy/paste something back. Alice looks like such a clean solution to that. Love the hotkey summon idea, and the privacy-first approach makes it even better. Canβt wait to give it a spin!
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@kamila_dabrowskaΒ thanks so much! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the new version π
Congrats on the launch! π
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@matsugfxΒ thanks man! π
Hope to see you at the top today! Good luck and congrats!
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@maciej_cupialΒ thanks bro!
I've been using Alice since its inception. I look at its evolution, although in the beginning, it was more of a revolution.
I'm looking at the way @gregrog and @overment, I'm looking at how both of them think about "what to do to make Alice even more accessible to the 'average user" and at the same time maximally efficient for any "heavy user".
I keep my fingers crossed for the further development of this project and invite you to support it!
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@overmentΒ @konrad_pilarski1Β thanks so much! It's very motivating!
Congratulations on the new version! I've been using Alice for six months, and it has truly been a game-changer for my productivity. While it may seem like a simple ideaβcombining a chat app with Shortcuts and the macOS systemβit effectively reduces the friction between contemplating tasks and actually completing them β .
You can receive immediate personalized support for research, learning, problem-solving, and writingβall just a few clicks away. ππ
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@paczkowΒ Thanks so much! It really means a lot for us, happy that you've managed to get so much value from Alice in that time π
Congratulations on the launch! Just downloaded it and trying it out now.
the in-chat onboarding is so smooth! π
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@zkun_ouΒ awesome, happy that you liked it! Really curious how it plays over the next days, let us know if you can! :))
I had a pleasure to use previous Alice version and assuming 4.0 can be only better, Im 100% hyped
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@dominik_fidziukiewiczΒ thanks so much!!!
Good luck guys! Awesome as always πͺπ
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@bogusz_pekalskiΒ thanks for your support as always!!
It's great to see Alice at the top of the rankings! I use Alice daily, dozens, if not hundreds of times. Excellent product, excellent team, excellent community. It's like a knife and fork for working with AI - you can eat with your hands, but why would you?
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@marcin_polacikΒ haha was Alice involved? Great comment badge coming!