A sovereign, native macOS launcher. On-device AI, no account, no telemetry.
A daily-driver launcher with the modern features — and an on-device AI that answers and proposes, but never acts without your word.
⌥Space to fuzzy-match apps, files, calculator, unit conversion, snippets, quicklinks, emoji, system commands, and window layouts. Select a result, Tab, act on it.
Ask it to do something: the safe, reversible ones run instantly — "set the volume to 30" → done. Destructive ones — empty trash, delete — stage in amber for one-click Accept. It never claims an action it didn't run.
A keyless Wikipedia floor by default, or full web search via an opt-in SearXNG that runs on Apple's container runtime — no Docker Desktop, no license. Only your query leaves; the answer is composed on this Mac.
⌥⇧C for text, image, HTML, and RTF history — all on this Mac, with an ignore list for sensitive apps.
Arrange the focused window with ⌃⌥ and arrows — halves, quarters, thirds, maximize — no separate app.
No server of ours, no telemetry or crash reporting — not even opt-in. The AI sidecar compiles out entirely. Enforced as first-class test gates.
Built on Apple's own frameworks: answers come from Apple Foundation Models on-device, and the opt-in web search runs on Apple's container runtime — Apple-native, no Docker Desktop, no license. Docker stays a fallback.
The launcher table stakes, plus the wedge nobody else holds together: sovereign and on-device AI, with web search and window management built in — free.
| Capability | Summon | Raycast | Alfred | LaunchBar | Spotlight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyboard launcher + fuzzy match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clipboard history | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | partial |
| Window management (built in) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| On-device AI answers | ✓ | cloud | ✗ | ✗ | OS-level |
| AI actions — safe run, destructive confirm | ✓ | auto | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Web search in the launcher | ✓ | cloud AI | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No account · no telemetry | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Price | Free | Subscription | One-time | One-time | Free (OS) |
✓ built in · partial / cloud / paid · ✗ not available. Competitor data compiled Aug 2026; features and pricing change.
Install with Homebrew. The 0.6.x build is ad-hoc signed, not yet Apple-notarized — the cask clears the download quarantine so it launches; if macOS still blocks it, open once with right-click → Open.