A Native MacOS Chatbot that works for every AI LLM

A fast, beautiful, feature-rich, and truly native macOS AI chat app
100% Open Source • 100% Private • 100% Native

✨ What Makes Warden Special

Warden is a completely native macOS AI chat app built with SwiftUI that supports multiple AI providers. No Electron bloat, no web wrappers - just a proper, native Mac experience that feels like something Apple would create.

Core Philosophy

• Native First: Built entirely with SwiftUI for true macOS integration
• Privacy Focused: Zero telemetry, all data stays on your Mac
• Open Source: 100% open source under Apache 2.0 license
• Lightweight: Under 20MB app size, typically uses less than 150MB RAM
• Beautiful: Subtle animations and design choices that make daily use a joy

🚀 Features

AI Provider Support

• OpenAI (ChatGPT, including o1 reasoning models)
• Anthropic (Claude)
• xAI (Grok)
• Google Gemini
• Perplexity
• Groq
• Mistral AI
• LM Studio (Local model hosting) - NEW
• Ollama (Local LLMs)
• OpenRouter (50+ models)
• Deepseek
• Any OpenAI-compatible API

Other Features

• Code Running: Use inbuilt SwiftUI code editor to run code.
• Searchable Model Selector: Find models quickly with the new search functionality in API settings
• Stop Streaming/Stop Generating: Cancel ongoing AI responses instantly with dynamic send/stop button functionality
• Project-Scoped New Chat: Create new chats directly within specific projects
• Subtle Visual Design: Clean folder highlighting with only icons tinted for minimal distraction
• Native Swipe Actions: Intuitive swipe gestures for quick delete, rename, and move operations
• Model Visibility Control: Choose exactly which models appear in your selector via multi-select interface
• Optional Sidebar Icons: Toggle AI provider logos on/off for a cleaner sidebar appearance

• Projects/Folders Support: Organize your chats into logical groups for better workflow management
• Project-Scoped New Chat: Create new chats directly within specific projects
• Subtle Visual Design: Clean folder highlighting with only icons tinted for minimal distraction
• Native Swipe Actions: Intuitive swipe gestures for quick delete, rename, and move operations
• Model Visibility Control: Choose exactly which models appear in your selector via multi-select interface
• Optional Sidebar Icons: Toggle AI provider logos on/off for a cleaner sidebar appearance

Multi-Agent Chat System

• Chat with multiple AI models simultaneously for diverse perspectives.

Advanced Model Management

• Favorite, search, and filter models with an improved selector UI.

Privacy & Performance

• Zero telemetry, lightweight, and blazing fast responses.

Option 1: Download from GitHub (Recommended)

1. Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
2. Enable installation from unknown developers:
   • Go to System Preferences → Privacy & Security
   • Enable "Allow applications downloaded from: App Store and identified/known developers"
   • Or run: sudo spctl --master-disable in Terminal (not recommended, just use the option above)
3. Install by dragging Warden to your Applications folder
4. First Launch: You may need to right-click and select "Open" on first launch

Option 2: Build from Source (Open Source)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/SidhuK/WardenApp.git
   cd WardenApp

2. Open in Xcode: Open Warden.xcodeproj in Xcode 14.3 or later
3. Build and Run: Press Cmd+R to build and run the app
4. Requirements: macOS 13.0+, Xcode 14.3+

Option 3: Gumroad (Pay What You Want)

• Visit Gumroad Page for pay-what-you-want download

Credits:

This project is forked and heavily inspired from the MacAI app, created by the talented Renat, huge props to them for making the source code of their app open source and Apache-licensed.

Disclaimer:

I bear no responsibility for any of your data loss, etc. This is my first ever swift app, so please bear with me as I continue to work on getting rid of bugs etc.

Donations

Again, this app is completely free to use, however, if you would like to contribute to its further development feel free to either buy it from here, or click on my coffee link below