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Thoughtfully made for your Mac
Bonsai
Local AI, made to fit.
Find the right AI models for your Mac.
Know what fits before you download.
Made for the Mac you have
A clear answer.
Before the download.
Know what will run well on your Mac, and why. Bonsai turns your hardware and your task into a thoughtful next step.
See how it works
Your machine. Your task. Your best fit.01 — RECOMMEND
Less trial. Less error.
Your Mac can run local AI.
Finding the right model
shouldn’t be the hard part.
Model sizes. Memory limits. Quantization. You shouldn’t need an afternoon of research to get started. Bonsai turns what your Mac can do into a clear next step.
01 / A considered recommendation
One machine. One task.
One clear answer.
Built around your hardware.
Informed by what you want to do.
Step 01
Start with what you have.
Bonsai reads your chip, memory, and available storage. It builds a picture of your machine before a single model is downloaded.
Know what fits before you download.
Step 02
The right model starts with the job.
Everyday questions, coding, long documents, or images. Tell Bonsai what matters, and the shortlist changes with your needs.
Know what fits before you download.
Step 03
A recommendation. And a reason.
See how a model fits, what to expect, and why it was selected. When the evidence isn’t strong enough, Bonsai says so.
Know what fits before you download.
02 / Install & validate
From “will it run?”
to ready to go.
Install through Ollama, then run a short check on your Mac. Compare what was predicted with what actually happened.
No second-guessing the download. No hunting for the next step.
Installed through Ollama. Validated by Bonsai.
03 / A little order
Your local AI library,
finally understood.
Different tools. Different folders. One clear picture of what’s on your Mac.
Understand the space.
See what’s stored and where. Shared files are counted once, so the picture stays honest.
Make room, carefully.
Verify matching copies by content. Review supported cleanup actions before anything is removed.
Your say, always. Nothing is deleted automatically.
AT HOME WITH YOUR LOCAL TOOLS
OllamaLM StudioHugging Face
There when you need it.
Quiet when you don’t.
04 / Quietly keeping watch
A little reassurance.
Right in your
menu bar.
Keep an eye on your active model and the readings your runtime exposes. Bonsai puts useful context close at hand, even when the main window is closed.
Available readings vary by runtime. Missing metrics stay missing.
05 / Room to grow In development
A better fit.
When it really is one.
Bonsai is being built to revisit your saved task as its model catalog improves—and let you know when a meaningfully better fit comes along.
A useful nudge. Only when there’s a reason.
Catalog updates are not active in the current build.
The Bonsai way
Powerful things thrive in the right space.
Room to grow.
Space to think.
Local AI doesn’t have to mean running the biggest model. It means finding the right balance of capability, speed, and the machine you already own.
Your Mac. Your models. Your business.
Bonsai’s core work happens locally. Your model files, prompts, and inventory aren’t sent to a backend for basic operation. The app has no analytics transport.
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- Hardware scan
- Task-based model recommendation
- Predicted speed and memory fit
- Top model recommendation
- Installed-model detection
- Total local-AI storage view
- Basic menu-bar status
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- Full ranked recommendations, with “Why this model?” explanations
- One-click Ollama install, with a post-install benchmark and predicted vs. actual comparison
- Complete inventory across Ollama, LM Studio, and Hugging Face
- Duplicate detection, stale-model insights, and safe cleanup with reclaimable-storage analysis
- Full menu-bar monitoring with performance interpretation
- Better-fit suggestions over time, with Pulse notifications when something meaningfully better fits
A few good questions
A little more
clarity.
The right model. The right space.
A little guidance.
A better fit.
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