From 21fc0773ba1cc9f1eee65ed4e9631f2aa0884eb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arthur Ficial Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:47:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: lead with 'The free AI already on your Mac.' MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The HN-winning, landing-page-proven framing — now the canonical opener everywhere: - README subtitle: "The free AI already on your Mac." - GitHub repo description: same claim, then the three modes - CLAUDE.md: added the claim as the project's top-level identity line so every contributor (human or agent) knows the framing All surfaces now reinforce the same wedge that the landing page at apfel.franzai.com already uses. Closes #79. --- CLAUDE.md | 2 ++ README.md | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md index 205d740..8020c0d 100644 --- a/CLAUDE.md +++ b/CLAUDE.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # apfel - Project Instructions +**The free AI already on your Mac.** This is our claim. Every surface (README, landing page, repo description) must reinforce it. + ## The Golden Goal apfel has ONE purpose with THREE delivery modes: diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 082ba67..990ddd5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # apfel +### The free AI already on your Mac. + [![Version 0.9.15](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.9.15-blue)](https://github.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel) [![Swift 6.3+](https://img.shields.io/badge/Swift-6.3%2B-F05138?logo=swift&logoColor=white)](https://swift.org) [![macOS 26 Tahoe+](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-26%20Tahoe%2B-000000?logo=apple&logoColor=white)](https://developer.apple.com/macos/) @@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ [![Website](https://img.shields.io/badge/web-apfel.franzai.com-16A34A)](https://apfel.franzai.com) [![#agentswelcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/%23agentswelcome-PRs%20welcome-0066cc?style=for-the-badge&labelColor=0d1117&logo=probot&logoColor=white)](#contributing) -Use the free local Apple Intelligence LLM on your Mac as a UNIX tool, an OpenAI-compatible server, and a command-line chat client. No API keys, no cloud, no subscriptions, no per-token billing. +Every Mac with Apple Silicon ships a built-in language model as part of Apple Intelligence. `apfel` gives you access to it — from the terminal, as a local OpenAI-compatible server, or as an interactive chat. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads. It's already on your machine. ## What It Is