Yes. The app is $0, MIT licensed, with no account and no subscription. You pay your model provider directly on your own account, or run a local model through Ollama and pay nothing at all.

Does Grux AI send my data anywhere?

There is no Grux server, so nothing is proxied and nothing is stored off your machine. When you use a hosted model, that provider sees what you send it, which is true of any hosted model. Point Grux at Ollama and what you type goes to no model provider; mail and calendar still come from your own accounts, and Research still searches the web with your key.

What are the system requirements for Grux AI?

macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon, plus either an Anthropic API key or Ollama running locally.

Is Grux AI open source?

Yes, MIT licensed. The Mac app is at github.com/dotcomjack/grux and the security package it runs on is a separate repository at github.com/dotcomjack/grux-guardrails.

What is Grux AI?

Grux AI is a native macOS application that gives an AI agent access to the things already on your Mac: your mail, your calendar, your contacts, your notes, your meetings, your screen and a shell it can undo. It ships 37 features and 116 tools behind one Command Panel, it is MIT licensed, and the whole source tree is public. There is no Grux account, no Grux server and no subscription, so nothing is proxied and there is nowhere for a hosted copy of your data to sit. It talks to a model you pay for directly with your own key, or to a local model through Ollama with no key at all. It requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon. The current release is 3.2.0, published 1 November 2026.

Download Grux AI 3.2.0, free, for macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.

Grux AI 3.2.0 · last checked 2026-11-01 · generated from the shipping release

What it is not

It is not a chat wrapper or a hosted service. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to buy. It is open source because it became useful enough to be worth other people's time.

It is also not finished. 12 of the 37 features sit behind the Labs door because they are real and rough, and the door is badged so nobody mistakes them for finished. Nothing is hidden behind a waitlist: both tiers are in the same build.

What you need to run it

Requirement	Detail
Operating system	macOS 14 or later
Hardware	Apple silicon
Model	An Anthropic API key, or Ollama running locally and no key at all
Download	28.4 MB, signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple
Licence	MIT, and the whole tree is public
Cost	$0 for the app. You pay your model provider directly, at their prices

How it is distributed

Three front doors, all the same build. The notarized DMG from the releases page, a Homebrew cask, and an npm launcher that finds the installed app and wires up the command line.

brew install --cask dotcomjack/tap/grux
npx @dotcomjack/grux            # puts `grux` on your PATH and runs setup
spctl -a -vv /Applications/Grux.app   # accepted, source=Notarized Developer ID

Who makes it

Grux AI is a DotcomJack project, built in Detroit; DotcomJack has been building and shipping its own products since 2015, about a dozen of them today. Grux AI exists because running them was never bottlenecked on code, it was bottlenecked on the hour a day spent moving between a mail client, a calendar, a terminal and four chat tabs that could not see any of it.

Where to check this

Claim	Source
It ships 37 features and 116 tools behind one Command Panel	README, intro
There is no Grux account, no Grux server and no subscription	README, Privacy posture
It requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon	README, Requirements
The current release is 3.2.0, published 1 November 2026	GitHub Release, v3.2.0
The security package it runs on is a separate repository (grux-guardrails)	README, Security

Questions

Is Grux AI free?: Yes. The app is $0, MIT licensed, with no account and no subscription. You pay your model provider directly on your own account, or run a local model through Ollama and pay nothing at all.
Does Grux AI send my data anywhere?: There is no Grux server, so nothing is proxied and nothing is stored off your machine. When you use a hosted model, that provider sees what you send it, which is true of any hosted model. Point Grux at Ollama and what you type goes to no model provider; mail and calendar still come from your own accounts, and Research still searches the web with your key.
What are the system requirements for Grux AI?: macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon, plus either an Anthropic API key or Ollama running locally.
Is Grux AI open source?: Yes, MIT licensed. The Mac app is at github.com/dotcomjack/grux and the security package it runs on is a separate repository at github.com/dotcomjack/grux-guardrails.

Download Grux AI 3.2.0 Read the source

Free, MIT licensed. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon. 28.4 MB, signed and notarized by Apple. No account, no server, no subscription.