Talk to your Mac and get things done fast with an AI copilot
Alter is the Mac AI assistant that lets you get stuff done fast. Just talk to extract insights from YouTube videos, draft emails, or extract data. It understands what's on your screen and works across your apps, bringing intelligence to your entire day.
I'm Samuel, founder of Alter, and after months of building with a tight community, we're finally launching the first AI assistant deeply integrated with your mac!
🫠 The Problem
Let's be real - our workday is a mess. We jump between countless apps, tabs, and tools, constantly losing context and focus. AI tools should help, but most just add another window to manage and another place to check.
✨ What Makes Alter Different
We've built intelligence that belongs in the flow of everyday life:
Lives in your notch - Always accessible, never in the way
System-wide integration - Works with ALL your apps, files & folders
Privacy-ready & accessible - Can run offline or use your own API key
Voice commands built-in - Because talking is so much faster
Meeting superpowers - Instant actionable notes from any conversation
🚀 Getting Started & Community
Download Alter for free—no credit card needed! All core features are unlocked, and you get a 14-day trial of our Pro plan with access to 50+ AI models.
After your 14-day trial ends, you can continue using Alter with all features by connecting your own AI provider or local models.
Pro Tip: Just hold the mic button or the FN shortcut to start a voice commands for quick tasks. Drop or paste files, images, folders directly to the notch to quickly build your context.
Join our Discord community—we're building this together, and your feedback shapes what comes next! Our community members are creating amazing workflows every day and sharing them with each other.
Would love to hear your thoughts and questions! 🙏
(And a huge thank you to our beta testers who enjoyed our countless Fridays releases—no worries we'll keep shipping!)
About Alter on Product Hunt
“Talk to your Mac and get things done fast with an AI copilot”
Alter launched on Product Hunt on April 23rd, 2025 and earned 320 upvotes and 46 comments, placing #5 on the daily leaderboard. Alter is the Mac AI assistant that lets you get stuff done fast. Just talk to extract insights from YouTube videos, draft emails, or extract data. It understands what's on your screen and works across your apps, bringing intelligence to your entire day.
On the analytics side, Alter competes within Productivity, Artificial Intelligence and Apple — topics that collectively have 1.1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Alter performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Alter?
Alter was hunted by Samuel Roy. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Samuel Roy
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Samuel, founder of Alter, and after months of building with a tight community, we're finally launching the first AI assistant deeply integrated with your mac!
🫠 The Problem
Let's be real - our workday is a mess. We jump between countless apps, tabs, and tools, constantly losing context and focus. AI tools should help, but most just add another window to manage and another place to check.
✨ What Makes Alter Different
We've built intelligence that belongs in the flow of everyday life:
Lives in your notch - Always accessible, never in the way
System-wide integration - Works with ALL your apps, files & folders
Privacy-ready & accessible - Can run offline or use your own API key
Voice commands built-in - Because talking is so much faster
Meeting superpowers - Instant actionable notes from any conversation
🚀 Getting Started & Community
Download Alter for free—no credit card needed! All core features are unlocked, and you get a 14-day trial of our Pro plan with access to 50+ AI models.
After your 14-day trial ends, you can continue using Alter with all features by connecting your own AI provider or local models.
Pro Tip: Just hold the mic button or the FN shortcut to start a voice commands for quick tasks. Drop or paste files, images, folders directly to the notch to quickly build your context.
Join our Discord community—we're building this together, and your feedback shapes what comes next! Our community members are creating amazing workflows every day and sharing them with each other.
Would love to hear your thoughts and questions! 🙏
(And a huge thank you to our beta testers who enjoyed our countless Fridays releases—no worries we'll keep shipping!)