# huggingface/chat-macOS

Making the community's best AI chat models available to everyone.

Repository: https://github.com/huggingface/chat-macOS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chat-macos
Language: Swift
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-02-03T21:02:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 4, release rhythm 28, longevity 50
- inputs: {"age_days": 708, "days_push": 576, "days_rel": 635, "gap_med": 36.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: prerelease_only, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1959, forks 81 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.304049+00:00)

## What it is
HuggingChat macOS is a native Swift chat application for macOS that provides access to open-source AI chat models from Hugging Face. It offers a desktop chat interface with keyboard shortcuts and optional VSCode integration for editor context.

## Use cases
- chat with open-source LLMs on my mac
- native desktop chat app for hugging face models
- use AI chat assistant without a browser
- get AI help with code context from vscode
- install a chatgpt alternative on macos

## When to choose
- you want a native macOS chat client for open-source models
- you prefer desktop apps over web chat interfaces
- you want editor context integration with VSCode

## When to avoid
- you need Windows or Linux support
- you want to self-host the chat backend
- you need iOS or mobile support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: chatbot, chat-interface, llm-inference
- domain: large-language-models, chatbots, apple-ecosystem, artificial-intelligence
- platform: -
- tags: huggingchat, native-macos-app, open-source-llms, vscode-integration, homebrew, macos, swift, desktop

## Member repositories
- huggingface/chat-macOS (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.304049+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:05:58.580924+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/huggingface/chat-macOS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.304049+00:00, sha b4fbca3981c7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.