Show HN: MacGaiver, a free GPT-V powered macOS assistant (BYO API key)

[ralfelfving]

Howdy. A month ago I posted on HN about a macOS assistant I built and published to GH (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38611700)

The repo got 1k stars, there was a few suggestions, and people asked if I could distribute it as an .app. So I went to work, learnt a lot, and today I "launch" MacGaiver as a free macOS app (BYO OpenAI API key) at www.macgaiver.app

There's a 2-minute demo video on the website and linked below [0], but the app is pretty simple:

MacGaiver runs in the background and can be used from within any application.

- Press the keyboard shortcut to activate MacGaiver - Ask a question about the application you have open, using voice or keyboard - Get an the answer in context, without leaving your active application

Behind the scenes, MacGaiver takes a screenshot of your active application when you press the keyboard shortcut, and sends that off together with your question to OpenAI GPT-V (Vision).

This is my first time taking solo project from 0 to 1 with a website and all, I hope you enjoy the product as much as I enjoyed building it! :)

[0] 2-minute demo video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFUPqK264Xg

[etewiah]

Well done with this. It must be frustrating when you put so much effort into something and HN fails to acknowledge it.

I suggest you repost a few times. Sometimes that is what it takes to get noticed.

[ralfelfving]

Hah, really appreciate your encouragement. The previous post where I shared the GH repo got an enormous acknowledgement so maybe it just averaged out? :)