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Nugumi is a macOS menu-bar assistant for non-native professionals. Select text in any app and it explains what something means, rewrites your draft to sound natural and professional, or drafts a reply in your voice. Runs fully private with local models. Free and Opensource.
Hey Everyone👋
I'm a non-native English speaker. For years, my routine before sending anything important was the same: write it, paste it into ChatGPT or Grammarly, second-guess the tone, copy it back, then hit send. Every Slack message, every email, every reply.
Nugumi removes that loop.
It's a small macOS menu bar app that works with whatever text you select, in any app. No browser extension, no separate chat tab.
What it does:
• Understand: select any text and Nugumi explains what it really means in plain English.
• Rewrite: turn a rough draft into something clear, natural, and error-free.
• Reply: select an incoming message and get a reply written in your voice.
• Ask Nugumi: press Control twice to ask about anything on screen, like a warning, form, or button, and what to do next.
It's app-aware, so the tone adapts to where you are. A Slack message should read differently from a work email.
You choose how it runs:
• With a ChatGPT or Claude subscription you already pay for
• Locally with Ollama, so nothing you select ever leaves your computer, which is great for confidential work
• Or with your own API key
Nugumi is free, requires no signup, and is open source.
It's built for everyone who writes, reads, and replies in a language that isn't their first, and wants every message to sound clear and natural.
I'd love your honest feedback.
Thank you:)
Hi everyone, a friend recommended this app to me. At first I wasn’t really sure I wanted to try it, but it’s actually been super convenient. Especially for someone like me who works with foreigners and uses Korean chat at work, which I don’t understand very well haha. I can translate things quickly without having to take a screenshot
P.S. I translated this message with Nugumi too
About Nugumi on Product Hunt
“ Private AI that helps non-native pros sound sharp”
Nugumi was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #37 on the daily leaderboard. Nugumi is a macOS menu-bar assistant for non-native professionals. Select text in any app and it explains what something means, rewrites your draft to sound natural and professional, or drafts a reply in your voice. Runs fully private with local models. Free and Opensource.
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