johnbean393 / 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.
Why this job: says: local llm, llama.cpp; topics: llama
What it does
Chat with a local LLM that can respond with information from your files, folders and websites on your Mac without installing any other software. All conversations happen offline, and your data stays secure. Sidekick is a local first application –– with a built in inference engine for local models, while accommodating OpenAI compatible APIs for additional model options.
Get started
No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 41 days ago
- Stars
- 3,324
- +2 this week
- Licence
- MIT
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- 50 releases
- None marked latest
- Built with
- Swift
- 94% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 1
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 59% closed
- 33 still open
- Pull requests
- 9 merged
- 2 waiting
- Releases
- 50
- 3 in the last year
- No contributing guide
- No security policy
- No code of conduct
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Swift 94%
- JavaScript 4%
- HTML 2%
- CSS 1%
Topics
- ai
- llama
- llm
- macos
- rag
- swift
- swiftui
- deepseek
- deepseek-r1
- aichat
- chatbot
- qwen
Project record
- JobLocal LLMs
- StatusListed
- Commits592
- Forks146
- Watching26
- Stars in 28 days+7
- CreatedOct 9, 2024
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 10, 2026