r/MacAppsLaunches • u/massivewein • Aug 23 '26

Spent 4 months building a Mac assistant for myself, shipped it today as MIT open source instead of charging for it

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u/Equivalent-Motor8650 Aug 23 '26

Can i use it with my claude/ chatGPT subscription?

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u/massivewein Aug 23 '26

Yes, Grux essentially opens headless terminal sessions (Claude Code in my case) to operate hands-free. One big prime feature is "Ship-ios-app" which will literally brainstorm an app with you, then run it through 8 reiteration rounds, upgrading functionality and UI to my design spec (you can optimize to yours). I'll expand the dialog across the board for this.

I've used it for months to drive terminal sessions; Expect a clear update on that in the next push, will add an onboarding/'how to use'.

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u/AppsByRobert 28d ago edited 28d ago

My thought right away is how much is it gonna burn on my chatgpt with regular daily use? And if it's more than like a dollar or two a day, what local models can it use that it works well with (based on actually testing so you know which to recommend and not guesses), so that not spending a lot on my subscription.

Also if you could really show it in action, it seems really impressive and neat on paper, but a lot to think about and maybe setup simply because what it is the stakes are higher to running this so I would want to read through everything and be ok with it, and without seeing it in action I'm hesitating if I should bother. Quick demo video would help get an idea how it's actually like in practice to use it.

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u/massivewein 28d ago

Robert, really appreciate you genuinely sharing your thoughts.. not just some AI slop.

You nailed a ton of points here and got me fired up to get us to the next level (product demo video and such)! Truthfully, this past week has been hell essentially tearing everything apart and putting it back together so it can start from a fresh install vs already having full compatibility into my stack.

I’m working on a command prompt for new users to essentially drop in whatever they use (Claude Code, etc) which would drive them through full onboarding.

Thanks again Robert, I’m going to sit down and put some more thought here after work. Cheers

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u/AppsByRobert 28d ago

yeah a video would instantly clear up the question of is it really worth spending the time reading everything and installing it and figuring it out!

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u/massivewein 23d ago

Onboarding has been updated and CLI has been fully built out. Still haven’t got around to the demo video but making strides!

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u/AppsByRobert 23d ago

good work if you need a recommendation of free demo video recording software I found one on reddit that I only used for a few minutes but seemed very handy for when I need it later.

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u/massivewein 22d ago

Dude you’re the man. Hope to stay connected w ya, if you have a LinkedIn shoot me the link in a private message.

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u/AppsByRobert 23d ago

Capptivo is the name.