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Aris

An open-source AI agent that lives in your Mac's notch

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Hold ⌥ Space and talk. Aris answers in the notch and works in your apps with the AI you already use (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, an API key or a local model). Anything that writes, sends or deletes shows a confirm card first. Free, no account, no server.

PH · launched Nov 14, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views

Niche: desktop ai assistants · 274 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▼ -20% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Agent / copilot
  • Prosumer
  • AI-native
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • Mac
  • Open Source
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • GitHub

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a native macOS app that wraps existing AI CLIs and APIs with a push-to-talk UI and confirmation cards, all achievable with AI-assisted Swift development.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 392 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #227 of 393 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 368 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Agent Island · ph · 2026-10-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • Openbar · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • sideOS.ai · ph · 2026-10-24 · 83 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Lumio · ph · 2026-10-31 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Notch Crew · ph · 2026-10-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Drop Notch · ph · 2026-09-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
  • CircleAssist · ph · 2026-10-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
  • Jarvis Live · ph · 2026-10-14 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.42

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