Apfel
Your Mac already has AI. Apple ships a language model with macOS -apfel unlocks it with one brew install. No downloads, no API keys, no config. The fastest path to local AI.
Who it is for: Developers/Engineering Teams
Core capabilities
- apfel: Auto-discovers tools via MCP tools/list at startup
- Watch it work.: Tool calls detected, executed, and results fed back automatically
- Zero config. Zero LLM downloads. Zero token costs.: No --mcp flag, no overhead - zero extra tokens, zero code path changes
- The model under the hood: Ships with a calculator MCP server as proof-of-concept
- Three tools. One install.: Remote MCP servers via URL - --mcp https://... with optional Bearer token auth
Pricing
free · $0 · $1 · $11 · $3 · $9
Updated 2026-08-17