ToolsWork with documents
AI Assistant
Select text, press a key, get it fixed
Select text in any app and press F7. Fix, rewrite, shorten, summarize or translate it, or ask anything.
Free, with every tool and no account. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon or Intel.
What it does
- Press ⌘↩ to put the answer in place of your text. Esc closes.
- On-device Apple, Pandabar AI with Pro, or your own Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama or LM Studio.
- Pandabar AI uses Claude Sonnet and Haiku with no API key of your own, with a monthly allowance.
Shortcuts
- F7
- Ask AI about the selection
On a Mac keyboard, F1 to F12 are pressed with fn, unless you’ve set them to work as standard function keys. Every shortcut can be changed or turned off in Settings.
Often used instead of
- Apple’s Writing Tools
- the ChatGPT app
- Raycast AI
Questions
Which AI does it use?
The one you choose: Pandabar AI with Pro, with no key to set up, or your own key for Claude, OpenAI or Gemini, or a model that runs on your Mac with Ollama or LM Studio.
Is it free?
With Apple’s on-device model, your own key, or a local model, yes. Pandabar AI comes with Pro.
Plus 30 more tools in the same app
AI Assistant is one of the tools in Pandabar, one small native Mac app. Every tool is free, and each one can be switched off.
All 31 tools in two minutes.
Free, every tool. No account, no card.