ChatGPT launched a month ago. It attracted a lot of developers and spawned multiple application scenarios, such as an assistant for mac. Textual Siri or Rubber Duck? Manuel Kehl – Author of Chatterbox mentioned “ChatGPT as a Rubber Duck” in his blog. I prefer this metaphor. An AI Duck can chat with you except for debugging while working.  

Jordi Bruin created an interesting application — Let GPT respond to app reviews in the Superstar APP. (You can follow these authors for more information.)

I found five apps that have ChatGPT’s website built-in, allowing Mac users to effectively communicate with this AI robot.

Almost every app has a problem: there is no Back button before logging in. Therefore, you cannot go back and make any changes once you have logged in with your Google or Microsoft account before submitting. 

1. Chatterbox for ChatGPT

Version: 1.2
Type: Native app
Size: 2.68 MB
Released: Dec 21, 2022
Download: https://manuelkehl.gumroad.com/l/chatterbox

Author: Manuel Kehl
Website: https://manuelkehl.com
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Manuel_Kehl

Feature:

1. Easily take screenshots of the whole conversation with a single button press or keyboard shortcut 
2. In-app screenshot manager, quickly delete or export screenshots via drag-and-drop 
3. Global Hotkey (like Spotlight for ChatGPT): Press ⌥ Space (or custom hotkey) and quickly summon ChatGPT from anywhere 
4. Convenient Keyboard shortcuts for all important actions 
5. Native UI elements that look and feel right at home on your Mac 
6. Automatic dark mode switching, based on system-wide dark mode

NOTE: app crashed on my mac(ARM64, Ventura 13.1)

2. MenuChatGPT

Version: –
Type: Menu bar app
Size: 86 KB
Released: Dec 23, 2022
Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12LUuRUrgM05M3mWwJofcIxicIbG1cjj6/view
Note: Monterey 12.5 (only tested)

Author: GITAEK LEE
Github: github.com/LeeGiTaek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GitaekLee

I made Mac OS menu bar chatGPT app for 1.5 hours and then tested only Monterey 12.5

Gitaek Lee

Note:

No Quit button  (use Force Quit to close this app)

3. chatgpt-mac

Version: 0.0.5
Type: Menu bar app
Size: 90.4 MB
Released: Nov 30, 2022
Github Repo (167+forks) : https://github.com/vincelwt/chatgpt-mac  
Download: https://github.com/vincelwt/chatgpt-mac
Note: Supported Mac Arm64 / Intel

Author: Vince Lwt
Github: https://github.com/vincelwt
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vincelwt

Note:

• Resizable height
• Shortcuts: Quit (⌘ + Q), Reload (⌘ + R)， or Right-click to get the menu
• Add A NewChat, use Reload (⌘ + R)
• No Back button， but can use Reload (⌘ + R) to back to Homepage

4. ChatGPT-Mac-MenuBar

Version: 1.2
Type: Menu bar app
Size: 605 KB
Released: Dec 5, 2022
Github Repo (3+forks) : https://github.com/KittenYang/ChatGPT-Mac-MenuBar
Download: https://github.com/KittenYang/ChatGPT-Mac-MenuBar
Note: macOS 12.5+

Author: Qitao Yang
Website: https://github.com/vincelwt
Github: https://github.com/vincelwt
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vincelwt

Feature:

• Shortcuts: shift+⌘+C to trigger popover globally, Quit (⌘ + Q), Clean cookies (⌘ + 1)， or Right-click to get the menu
• Back and Refresh button

5. MacGPT

Version: 1.4
Type: Native app & Menu bar
Size: 2.04 MB
Released: Dec 11, 2022
Download: https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/menugpt
Note: macOS Monterey & Ventura

Author: Jordi Bruin
Website: https://bento.me/jordi
Github: https://github.com/jordibruin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordibruin

Note:

Sometimes it’s confusing to use when there are apps on the dock and menu bar, I think that only keeping the menu bar app is better.

Finally, I use the MacGPT app, which is a lightweight app and iterates more frequently than others.