# vincelwt/chatgpt-mac

ChatGPT for Mac, living in your menubar.

Repository: https://github.com/vincelwt/chatgpt-mac
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chatgpt-mac
Homepage: https://twitter.com/vincelwt
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: chatgpt, gpt-3, macos, menubar, menubar-app, openai
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-10-23T09:53:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 97
- inputs: {"age_days": 1371, "days_push": 1045, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6261, forks 471 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:41.101175+00:00)

## What it is
A desktop menubar application that puts ChatGPT one keyboard shortcut away on macOS. It wraps the ChatGPT web experience in an Electron app with a global hotkey (Cmd+Shift+G) for quick access.

## Use cases
- access chatgpt from the mac menubar
- quickly open chatgpt with a keyboard shortcut anywhere
- chatgpt desktop app for mac
- keep chatgpt always available without a browser tab
- menubar ai assistant for macos

## When to choose
- you want instant ChatGPT access from the macOS menubar
- you prefer a lightweight wrapper over browser tabs
- you rely on a global hotkey to summon an AI assistant

## When to avoid
- you need API-based features, plugins, or custom model selection
- you want a maintained app - the project appears dormant since late 2023
- you need Windows or Linux binaries
- you prefer official OpenAI desktop clients with newer features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chatbot, chat-interface, gui
- domain: chatbots, large-language-models, developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: menubar-app, chatgpt, openai, electron-app, keyboard-shortcut, macos, desktop, electron, javascript

## Member repositories
- vincelwt/chatgpt-mac (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.101175+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 2026-08-29T17:46:30.937052+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vincelwt/chatgpt-mac (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.101175+00:00, sha 6f9501800187)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.