HeyMate

A little company.
A lot of help.

Your open-source AI assistant for Mac. Ask about your screen, get help with the next click, and give your mates the busywork.

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Free & open source · macOS 14.2+ · Apple silicon & Intel

CapCut video editor with a portrait video preview and editing timeline.

Let HeyMate drive.

Ask for help in apps like CapCut. HeyMate asks before it clicks or types.

Shake your mouse to take back control.

Mates with jobs.

Give each one a role and a personality. Delegate, then check back.

Example routine · Every Friday“Research competitors. Send me a brief every Friday.”

Talk, don’t type.

Hold ctrl + option. Speech runs on your Mac, with a tiny local voice back. Or bring ElevenLabs.

Bring your AI.

Sign in with ChatGPT or Claude. Or point HeyMate at any API or local model. No HeyMate subscription; your provider’s usage limits apply.

Integrate with your apps.

Connect the tools you use. Give your mates access to your calendar, files, and everyday work.

Explore integrations ↗
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Drawn for the question.

Some answers
need a picture.

A recipe becomes a sketch. A connection becomes a diagram. A board becomes a 3D model. HeyMate creates the explanation as you ask, directly over your screen.

Chicken biryani · 2D explainerActual app recording
Recorded in HeyMate · Condensed & sped up · Silent preview · Graphics generated for these example questions.

01Ask naturally. About what’s on screen, or something you want to understand.

02Watch it take shape. Drawings, labels, and 3D graphics appear over your desktop.

03Keep asking. Follow up when you want another detail explained.

Less switching.
More doing.

From “where do I click?” to “take it from here.”

Ask about what you see.

Hold Control + Option and ask. HeyMate explains what you’re looking at and points out the next step.

Explore screen guidance

Give it the wheel.

Turn on computer control and approve the actions. HeyMate can click and type; click, type, or press Escape to take over.

How computer control works

A mate for the busywork.

Give a mate your inbox, research, or code. Set a task or a routine, then follow its work in chat.

Meet your team

Keep the useful bits.

Keep ideas and results in Notes. Return to past chats, check task updates, and see your AI usage at a glance.

Explore Notes and chats

Connect an app once. Every agent can use it.

Integrations are shared across HeyMate and all your agents. Turn one off and it's off everywhere.

On your Mac

Built-in tools for everyday Mac apps. Grant the permissions you need.

  • Calendar
  • Reminders
  • Notes
  • Mail
  • Messages
  • Contacts
  • Shortcuts
  • Files
  • Music
  • Maps

On the web

Connect through Composio with your own free key, then sign in to the apps you need. Hundreds more than shown.

  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Docs
  • Google Sheets
  • Slack
  • Notion
  • Linear
  • Jira
  • HubSpot
  • Figma
  • Discord
  • YouTube

Your own tools

Command-line tools already signed in on this Mac, plus any MCP server.

  • GitHub CLI
  • git
  • Docker
  • Vercel
  • Supabase
  • Stripe
  • MCP servers

Connect more web apps with Composio, use any MCP server, or work in signed-in Chrome with the HeyMate extension. Service limits and fees may apply.

Reading runs quietly. Anything that sends, deletes, or pays asks you first, every time.

Your AI. Your voice.

Choose the AI that answers and the voice you hear. Make your mate feel like yours.

Bring your own AI.

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or your own API in Brain. Your provider’s limits apply.

Find your mate’s voice.

Choose a voice for local replies. On-device listening and speech stay on your Mac; AI answers use your chosen provider.

Settings images use screenshot-based artwork with cleaned backgrounds and example content.

Helpful. With boundaries.

You choose the AI and connected apps. Relevant screen context goes to that provider. Chat history stays on your Mac; computer control needs your consent.

Understand permissions ↗Privacy details ↗

A few places
to start.

Practical workflows, example prompts, and honest tool comparisons. Pick a task you already do. New: meet HeyMate in 60 seconds

What’s new.

The latest improvements to your little desktop crew.

  1. 1.0.83
    • Richer replies. Answers can arrive as tidy cards and layouts, not just text, and each reply sits in its own bubble so a conversation is easier to follow.
    • Usage for the AI you actually use. The notch shows usage only for your selected brain and the accounts you’re signed in to, and Claude usage no longer gets stuck on “Rate limited.”
    • Updates find you. HeyMate reminds you when a new version is ready, and can install updates on its own if you turn that on.
    • Easier everyday use. Bigger click targets, click anywhere outside to close the notch, HeyMate in the Dock by default, a warmer welcome tour, less filler text in settings, and dictation that pastes into the app you were using. Full release notes.
  2. 1.0.82
    • Replies right away. Your mate says what it’s about to do before it starts, so you hear back in seconds instead of waiting for the whole job.
    • Full access means full access. Reading things, like comments on a post, no longer asks for permission. When HeyMate does need your OK, it asks one plain question out loud and in the notch, and gives up after two minutes if you don’t answer.
    • No more silent failures. If a task runs out of time, you still get an answer from what was found. Pressing Escape in another app no longer cancels a reply that’s still being prepared. Full release notes.
  3. 1.0.81
    • A new home address. The website now lives at sayheymate.vercel.app, with a fresh sky banner when you share a link.
Read the full changelog

Your next good idea
could use a mate.

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Free & open source. Connect your AI and start with one small task.

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