Openduck

Lightweight, screen-aware, voice-first local AI assistant for Apple Silicon.

OpenDuck

Screen-aware, voice-first, local AI tool that stays lean and out of your away until you ask questions. Built for Apple Silicon (M1 or later).

Real-Time Voice Interaction: Chat with AI hands-free. Interrupt anytime you want like in a real conversation.
Screen-Aware Vision: Capture screen regions or the full screen with shortcuts and let the AI see what you see.
Live Transcription & Subtitle: Real-Time showing trascribtion and subtitle so you don't miss anything important.
Conversation Management: Search, rename, resume, fork or delete any previous chat session from your local disk.
Portability: Share your characters (Prompt, Avatar, Voice) easily with .openduck files.
Engineered for Efficiency: Native macOS application built with Rust and Svelte, optimizing memory for AI models.
Low Latency: Sub-second latency from the moment you stop talking to when the AI begins speaking.
Flexible Model Support: Built-in MLX-optimized models or connect to Ollama, LM Studio, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

Go to Releases
Download the latest openduck-beta-xxx.dmg and move it to your Applications folder

Execute the following in your Terminal:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/OpenDuck.app

git clone https://github.com/anslwy/openduck.git
cd openduck
./start.sh

Tauri - Framework for building tiny, blazing fast binaries for all major desktop platforms
Svelte - Cybernetically enhanced web apps
Rust - A language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
MLX - Array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon

git clone https://github.com/anslwy/openduck.git
cd openduck
./scripts/setup_python_env.sh

./start.sh

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.