Sidekick
A native macOS app that allows users to chat with a local LLM that can respond with information from files, folders and websites on your Mac without installing any other software. Powered by llama.cpp.
Chat with a local AI model that answers questions using your files and websites on your Mac.
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Sidekick has 3.3k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 148 times. Sidekick is written mainly in Swift. It has been in active development since 2024. Sidekick is available under the MIT license. Its main topics are agentic-ai, agents, ai, ai-agents.
What is Sidekick?
A native macOS app that allows users to chat with a local LLM that can respond with information from files, folders and websites on your Mac without installing any other software. Powered by llama.cpp.
Is Sidekick open source?
Sidekick is an open-source project. It is released under the MIT license.
Is Sidekick free?
Yes. Sidekick is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.
What license does Sidekick use?
Sidekick is available under the MIT license.
What language is Sidekick written in?
Sidekick is written mainly in Swift.
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