Every question pulls you out of the zone
Browser AI turns help into a detour. By the time you are back in your editor, doc, or inbox, the thread you were holding is gone.
Your AI Sidekick With Real Power - One Hotkey Away
Most AI gives you advice. Chapeta helps you finish the task with the best models, terminal commands, file edits, web search, screenshots, and reusable workflows from one hotkey.
⌥ ⌥ - Ask. Get it done.
Use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more in one native Mac app. Ask in plain English, then let Chapeta work with your files, documents, and workflows instead of leaving you with instructions.
Why Using AI Still Breaks Your Flow
You're focused. Then you need help. So you switch apps, find the right tab, type the question, copy the answer back, and try to remember where you were. That context switch costs more than a few seconds. It costs momentum.
"Here are the steps to rename those files."
Most AI apps can explain what to do. They still leave you to copy commands, click around, and finish the work yourself.
One provider is never enough
Claude for code. GPT for prose. Gemini for search. The best model changes by task, but most apps lock you into one provider and one workflow.
How Chapeta Fixes It
Tell Chapeta what you want done in plain English. It opens over your current app, helps there, and gets out of the way when you are done.
When you need more than an answer, tell Chapeta the outcome you want. It can run commands, edit files, search the web with citations, and analyze screenshots without sending you back to a browser tab.
Choose the best model for the task without juggling tabs, apps, or subscriptions. One workflow for writing, coding, research, images, and automation across the best models from every major provider.
What Helps You Finish Faster
Use the right model for the job
Switch between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Nano Banana, and the best models from one place instead of paying for separate apps.
See All Models →Get work done, not instructions
Ask Chapeta to rename files, run terminal commands, search the web, or edit documents instead of copying steps out of a chat.
See Real Tools →Get help without losing momentum
Bring AI over your current window, ask what you need, dismiss it, and continue exactly where you left off.
See Quick Access →Turn repeat tasks into one click
Save proven prompts as skills for code review, summaries, translation, research, and any workflow you do more than once.
See Skills → 300+ AI models
9 real tools
One shortcut away
Tell It What You Need. Watch It Happen.
When a chat window is not enough, Chapeta handles the next step inside your workflow. It can edit files, run terminal commands, search the web with citations, analyze screenshots, and help you move from question to finished output without the copy-paste loop.
- Fix files and code without leaving your editor
- Run commands and scripts without opening Terminal first
- Search the web and verify answers with citations
- Pull useful context from screenshots, PDFs, and source files
- Generate images and work with documents in the same panel
- Save repeatable workflows as skills instead of rewriting prompts
Use the Best Model for the Job
Write with GPT, code with Claude, brainstorm with Gemini, generate images with Nano Banana. Chapeta gives you the best models from 50+ providers in one place, so you stop juggling apps and choose the model that fits the task.
Explore Models →What You Can Get Done Faster
Developers
Debug from your editor, run commands, and edit files in place. Fix issues without breaking your coding flow.
Explore →Writers
Rewrite, translate, and polish copy without leaving your draft. Keep momentum while the words are still fresh.
Explore →Researchers
Summarize long PDFs, search the web with citations, and compare sources faster. Spend less time collecting and more time deciding.
Explore →Creators
Generate images, explore concepts, and iterate on ideas without bouncing between tools. Go from prompt to visual faster.
Explore →How Chapeta Compares
Most AI apps make you choose between fast access, the right model, and tools that help beyond chat. Chapeta keeps AI one shortcut away, gives you one place for every model, and works with your files and research instead of trapping you in a chat tab.
| Browser AI | Standalone App | Chapeta | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access speed | Find tab, wait for load | Cmd-tab to app | One hotkey, instant |
| Stays in your workflow | No - separate tab | No - separate window | Yes - overlays your work |
| AI models | One per service | One per app | 300+ in one app |
| Local tools | Mostly chat only | Varies by app | Terminal, files, web, screenshots |
| Screen context | Manual upload only | Screenshot only | Yes - built-in screenshot analysis |
| Works in every app | No | No | Yes - system-wide |
| Agent mode | No | No | Yes - chains tools automatically |
| Image generation | Separate tool (DALL-E, Midjourney) | One model only | Built-in - Nano Banana and more |
| Data privacy | Cloud-stored chats | Cloud-stored chats | Local history |
Replace Every Subscription With One App
If you are stacking ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, and Gemini Advanced just to cover different jobs, Chapeta collapses that spend into one app. Pro costs $8/mo for access to the best models from all providers, or $29.99 one-time with BYOK for no recurring fees.
Pro
$8/mo
60% less than ChatGPT Plus
Best models, all tools, no setup
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the best models
- 9 tools including agent mode
- No API key needed - just works
Bring Your Own Key
$29.99 one-time
One-time purchase. No recurring fees.
- Everything in Pro, fully unlocked
- Bring your own OpenRouter key
- Zero markup - pay provider rates
Subscribe in the app after download. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Don't Take Our Word for It
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Built and maintained by one developer who uses it every day. No VC, no growth hacks, just a better tool.
Your Mac, Your Data
Chapeta stores all conversations locally on your Mac and keeps API keys in macOS Keychain. Sign in with just your email - no passwords, no social logins. No ad trackers or in-app tracking SDKs.
Email Sign-In Only
Sign in with just your email. No passwords, no social logins, no friction. Start asking in under a minute.
Local Storage
Conversations stay on your Mac. API keys live in macOS Keychain, not in a config file or cloud database.
No Ad Trackers
No in-app ads. No in-app tracking SDKs. Website analytics are cookie-consent based and off until you opt in.