Stay in flow with local AI.

AI shortcuts that work in any app on your Mac

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Chord
Lens
  1. Press ⌘ ⇧ L
  2. Drag over any part of your screen
  3. Mark it up, then copy or save it
Lens⌘ ⇧ L

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Circled on a screenshot of the checkout page

Mark up any part of your screen, then copy or save it.

Screenshots with markup and text copying built in.

Local by design.

Runs on your Mac.
Nothing you capture or copy is uploaded.

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What people say.

I've needed this tool, W Chord

Software Engineer at Microsoft

Chord is my favourite thing ever

Software Engineer

Clip has quietly replaced the scratch documents I used to keep open all day.

Financial Analyst at RBC

hated mac copy and paste switched to chord the second i saw this

Software Engineer

ctrl c ctrl v has never felt this good

Researcher at University of Toronto

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Chord for Mac
Free
  • No account, no usage limits
  • Works offline after setup
  • AI runs only on your Mac
Download for Mac

macOS 14+ · Apple silicon

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Chord is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other downloaded Mac app.

  1. Move Chord to Applications

    Open Chord.dmg from your Downloads and drag Chord into the Applications folder.

  2. Open Chord

    macOS asks you to confirm that you want to open an app downloaded from the internet. Click Open.

  3. Finish setup in Chord

    Choose the permissions you want, then let Chord download its AI model, about 2.5 GB, plus 850 MB for optional vision support.

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