Lokei Studio
Local AI in your menu bar
Only for Mac
$14.99
Mac
New in 1.1: Rooms, Missions, Watchers, MCP Bridge, and Trust Ledger turn your Mac into a private AI workspace for local models and tools.
Lokei turns your Mac into a private local AI workspace.
Chat, run Missions, host Rooms, expose approved tools, and ask your files with no Lokei cloud or account.
LOCAL AI, YOUR HARDWARE
Use Apple Intelligence on supported Macs, fully on device. Or connect to Ollama, LM Studio, or another local model server on your Wi-Fi. No provider account is required for Lokei itself.
WORKROOMS ON YOUR WI-FI
Lokei Rooms let nearby Macs create and join local workspaces. Discovery happens on the LAN. Hosts approve join requests, optional room codes can gate access, and room AI answers use the host's on-device or local model.
MISSIONS AND WATCHERS
Missions are multi-step runs for writing, research, planning, code review, and documents. Watchers can run scheduled background missions while Lokei is open and place results in your Mission inbox.
TOOLS YOU APPROVE
MCP Bridge lets paired devices discover your Mac and call only the tools you enable. Custom Tools can be text templates or HTTP calls to services on your LAN. Permission Tiers make high-trust actions explicit.
AUDITABLE BY DESIGN
The Trust Ledger records model, tool, and network events in plain language. You can see what ran, where it went, and which permission tier applied.
FILES, IMAGES, AND VOICE
Ask questions over local documents, notes, screenshots, and images. Lokei can use on-device OCR for visual context, voice conversation mode for hands-free chats, and folders, tags, and smart folders to keep work organized.
WHAT'S PRIVATE ABOUT IT
Lokei does not run a cloud AI service. Lokei does not require an account.
When you choose Apple Intelligence, inference runs on your Mac.
When you choose Ollama or LM Studio, prompts go only to the local server you configure on your Wi-Fi.
Rooms and MCP Bridge use local-network discovery. Bridge tools are off until you enable them. Connections from outside your local network are rejected.
Your conversations, documents, Trust Ledger, encrypted backups, and exports live under your control on your Mac.
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NEW
Lokei Rooms: create or join local-network workspaces with nearby Macs. Hosts approve join requests, optional room codes can gate access, and room AI answers stay on the host's on-device or local model route.
Missions: start longer writing, research, planning, code review, and document tasks with an inbox you can return to.
Watchers: schedule background missions while Lokei is open. Results land in the Mission inbox and each wake writes a Trust Ledger receipt.
MCP Bridge: your Mac can become a local tool server for paired devices. Tools are off by default, and each one must be enabled before it can run.
Custom Tools: build a tool from a text template with placeholders, or point it at an HTTP service on your LAN.
Apple Intelligence support on compatible Macs, alongside Ollama and LM Studio/local server workflows.
Voice conversation mode for hands-free back-and-forth with the same local/on-device routes.
IMPROVED
Trust Ledger receipts are clearer for model, tool, and local-network events.
Permission Tiers make approval decisions easier to understand before a tool acts.
Document, image, and OCR context flows are smoother in chats and Missions.
Folders, tags, smart folders, backups, and exports are more useful for larger local workspaces.
FIXED
Tightened local-network boundaries for MCP Bridge and Rooms.
Improved reliability around Bonjour discovery, pairing, bridge activity logs, and privacy status display.
Polished onboarding and privacy copy for Apple Intelligence and local model setup.
The developer, Justin Patterson, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Justin Patterson
- Size
- 4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 13.5 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 13.5 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Justin Patterson

