Boltbar is a native macOS AI chat bar. Press ⌥ Space in any app to ask GPT or Claude, then get back to work. Agent mode hands Claude Code or Codex a project with Look/Ask/Edit/Full permissions. MIT, signed and notarized; brew or DMG. Optional €19 supporter license.
I built Boltbar because I was tired of switching windows just to ask GPT or Claude something small.
It’s a tiny native macOS chat bar (Swift, not Electron). Press ⌥Space in any app → ask → get back to work. There’s also an agent mode that can hand a project folder to Claude Code or Codex with Look / Ask / Edit / Full permissions.
Free and open source (MIT).
Signed + notarized. Install it by grabbing the DMG from the site or with brew
brew install --cask juanluisrto/boltbar/boltbar
Would love feedback on the agent permissions UX and anything that feels off on your Mac. What would make this a daily driver for you?
About Boltbar on Product Hunt
“Spotlight-style AI chat for your Mac”
Boltbar launched on Product Hunt on October 28th, 2026 and earned 65 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #30 on the daily leaderboard. Boltbar is a native macOS AI chat bar. Press ⌥ Space in any app to ask GPT or Claude, then get back to work. Agent mode hands Claude Code or Codex a project with Look/Ask/Edit/Full permissions. MIT, signed and notarized; brew or DMG. Optional €19 supporter license.
On the analytics side, Boltbar competes within Mac, Productivity and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 1.3M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Boltbar performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Boltbar?
Boltbar was hunted by Juan Luis Ruiz-Tagle Oriol. 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.
For a complete overview of Boltbar including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Juan Luis Ruiz-Tagle Oriol
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built Boltbar because I was tired of switching windows just to ask GPT or Claude something small.
It’s a tiny native macOS chat bar (Swift, not Electron). Press ⌥Space in any app → ask → get back to work. There’s also an agent mode that can hand a project folder to Claude Code or Codex with Look / Ask / Edit / Full permissions.
Free and open source (MIT).
Signed + notarized. Install it by grabbing the DMG from the site or with brew
Would love feedback on the agent permissions UX and anything that feels off on your Mac. What would make this a daily driver for you?