Apfel

Your Mac already has AI. Apple ships a language model with macOS -apfel unlocks it with one brew install. No downloads, no API keys, no config. The fastest path to local AI.

Highlights from the product’s site

• Zero config. Zero LLM downloads. Zero token costs
• The model under the hood
• Three tools. One install
• Native MCP support
• Attach tool servers with --mcp

Open source: the code is at github.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel.

First shown on Hacker News on 3 April 2026 as “Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac”, where it reached 743 points and 157 comments. Read the discussion.