Atticus
Free voice assistant for Mac that runs on your Claude plan
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Atticus is a fast, free voice assistant for your Mac. No API key needed: it runs on the Claude Pro or Max plan you already have, through Claude Code. Nothing to sign up for, no key to paste, no extra bill. About 0.18¢ of plan usage per ask.
Atticus moves your windows, finds your files, reads your screen, and gets it done. Simple asks skip the AI: an app opens in 0.08s. Ask for an action once and Atticus learns it, so next time it runs in a blink, with no AI and for free. It remembers you: say 'remember…' and every ask after that knows it.
Atticus works on macOS 26 or later. It uses Apple's on-device speech recognition, so audio never leaves your Mac. Includes Meeting Copilot for saving, transcribing, and summarizing meetings. Open-source under MIT license.
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Why we picked it
Atticus solves the problem of voice assistants requiring separate subscriptions: it runs on the Claude plan you already have. Simple asks skip AI entirely, so opening an app takes 0.08s. It remembers your preferences and learns your shortcuts. Open-source and free.
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