# vanshg/MacAssistant

Google Assistant for macOS!

Repository: https://github.com/vanshg/MacAssistant
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/macassistant
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: assistant, google, google-assistant, google-assistant-sdk, macos, swift, cocoa, osx
Last push: 2023-03-05T23:23:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3415, "days_push": 1277, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1603, forks 121 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:09.901567+00:00)

## What it is
MacAssistant is a macOS application that integrates the Google Assistant into the Mac menu bar using the Google Assistant SDK. It is written in Swift and lets users issue voice queries like weather, calendar, and general knowledge questions.

## Use cases
- run google assistant on my mac
- ask weather and calendar questions by voice on macos
- menu bar voice assistant for mac
- use google assistant sdk from a native mac app
- hands-free queries like 'what's on my agenda tomorrow'

## When to choose
- you want Google Assistant on macOS with a native menu bar app
- you prefer a Swift/Cocoa client over the CLI-based Google Assistant SDK sample
- you're comfortable supplying your own OAuth credentials

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained project - releases are infrequent and it's labeled beta
- you don't want to create Google Developer Console OAuth credentials
- you need Siri or offline voice assistance

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: speech-recognition, chatbot, sdk
- domain: artificial-intelligence, speech-processing, apple-ecosystem, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: google-assistant, voice-assistant, menu-bar-app, google-assistant-sdk, grpc, macos

## Member repositories
- vanshg/MacAssistant (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.901567+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 2026-08-30T03:52:33.248169+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vanshg/MacAssistant (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.901567+00:00, sha 8e0e82ff6301)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.