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The AI terminal for your Mac

A little help. A lot more possible.

You bring the ideas. AITerm helps with the commands. Describe what you want, understand what comes back, and keep making things.

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Free to start. Free to keep. No account needed.
Apple Silicon · macOS 13 or later

AI-TERM by VEGA LLCAI SUGGESTED · HUMAN APPROVEDRETURNpropose · approve · run
Made by Vega LLC

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A real Mac terminal. With a helping hand built in.

Plain English welcome · Your choice of AI · You stay in the loop

  1. Tabs
  2. Your shell, a real one
  3. Split panes
  4. The approval card
  5. Where you ask, in plain English

Find your flow

From “how do I…?” to “there we go.”

For the command you forgot.
The error you haven’t seen before.
The idea you’re ready to try.

  1. Say what you need

    The words are yours. The command gets help.

    Find a file. Check a project. Work through a task. Ask in plain English, then review or edit the suggested command before you run it.

    “Show me what changed in this project”

  2. Keep the momentum

    An error can be a conversation.

    Use /fix for a suggested next step, or /explain to understand the output. Add context and work through the problem together.

    “We use pnpm in this project”

  3. Feel at home

    Your tools. A nicer place to work.

    Keep your shell, SSH, and favorite command-line tools. Organize your work in tabs and split panes. Reopen a saved workspace and pick up where you left off.

    Your project, right where you left it.

Big plans start with a little prompt.

You ask

Find the PDFs in my Downloads folder

AITerm suggests find ~/Downloads -type f -iname '*.pdf'

Look through Downloads and its subfolders for PDF files.

Safe Enter to run
Example output 
~/Downloads/project-brief.pdf
~/Downloads/receipts/september.pdf
You ask

What does “address already in use” mean?

AITerm explains

Another process is already using that port.

Your app is trying to listen on a port that another program has open. Find the process before deciding what to do next.

Example output 
For example, inspect port 3000 with:
lsof -i :3000
Then review which process is using it.
You ask

Show me what changed in this project

AITerm suggests git status --short

See changed, staged, and untracked files in your Git project.

Example output 
 M README.md
 M src/app.ts
?? notes.md
Fig. 1 Plain English in. A next step out. Examples, not a live terminal. Nothing runs on your Mac.

Made for your Mac

Come for the AI. Stay for the terminal.

A native Mac app with the everyday details that make it feel like yours.

Your workspace

Actual AITerm app showing a sample project, terminal tabs, command output, and the plain-English input bar(full size, opens in a new tab)

Plate II A familiar space. More ways forward. Your terminal, project, and AI in one view.

Real app capture with sample project data. Click the image for a closer look.

Tabs & split panes · Saved workspaces · Searchable history · Themes · Automatic updates

Table 1 Handy shortcuts, for your muscle memory.
New tab ⌘T
Split right ⌘D
Split down ⌘⇧D
Command palette ⌘K
Command history ⌘Y
Explain output ⌘⇧E

See all keyboard shortcuts 

Bring your kind of smart

Your AI. Your call.

Start with a model on your Mac. Bring a cloud connection. Use a subscription you already have.

01 · Free

Keep it local.

Set up Ollama and a model with the app’s setup assistant. After the download, use local AI on your Mac, even offline.

On your Mac

02 · Free · provider costs apply

Bring your key.

Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter, and more. Requests go directly to your chosen provider, with common secret patterns redacted first.

Your provider account

03 · Pro

Use your subscription.

Connect an eligible Claude or ChatGPT subscription through its official command-line tool. AITerm runs that tool with its own abilities switched off, so it only answers. What it suggests goes through AITerm’s own approval and safety checks before it runs. Your provider’s plan limits still apply.

A familiar AI, in your terminal

Your choice of AI

Actual AITerm settings showing local Ollama and cloud provider choices including OpenAI and Anthropic(full size, opens in a new tab)

Plate III Choose the AI that works for you. Local models and your own cloud connections.

Real app capture with sample project data. Click the image for a closer look.

A little confidence goes a long way. Review AI suggestions before running them, and the files an agent wants to write before they land. Risk labels and adjustable safety profiles help you make informed choices. Common secret patterns are redacted before an AI request leaves your Mac. If the AI you switched to can’t start, AITerm turns AI off and tells you why. It never falls back to the one you left.

How it works 

Explore supported providers 

When you’re ready for more · Pro

Make the good work repeatable.

Found a flow that works? Save it. Have a bigger task? Work through it with an agent.

  1. Your routine, ready to replay.

    Turn a useful command sequence into a runbook. Add variables and reuse it for the next project.

  2. A helping hand for the whole task.

    Use /agent to approve each step. With /auto, eligible steps run automatically; others pause for approval or are blocked by your policy.

    It shows its work. A run starts with a short plan that ticks off as steps succeed. A delete, move or permissions change says what it would touch before you approve it, like “Would delete 3 paths.” A file the agent wants to write is shown to you first: the path, the risk and the text it will write. After a run, “Undo last step” can load the reverse command, such as rmdir after mkdir, for you to review.

Tidy up ~/project

Plan

  1. See what is in ~/project (done)
  2. Find the old build caches (done)
  3. Write a note to ~/project/notes.md (pending)

Review the command below, then press Return to run it (Esc to stop).

Would delete 3 paths.

Destructive rm -rf ~/project/.eslintcache ~/project/.stylelintcache ~/project/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo

Fig. 2 The agent’s plan: a short checklist, and what the next step would touch.

/Users/you/project/notes.md Caution New file, 3 lines

  1. # Notes
  2. Removed three build caches.
  3. Nothing else was changed.

Approve Skip

Approve writes this file now. Skip tells the agent you declined.

Fig. 3 Before any file write: the path and the text the agent will write.

  1. Your terminal stays yours.

    In zsh, bash and fish, the agent waits its turn. It only sends a step when the prompt is idle and empty and you’re not working in the terminal yourself: not while a program runs, and not over a half-typed line or keys you typed ahead. Otherwise the step waits on its card and says why, like “Waiting — the terminal was busy.” Stop only interrupts the agent’s own command, never a program you started.

    Waiting — the terminal was busy.

    Paused — you have the terminal.

  2. More ways to connect.

    Add a managed Apple Silicon MLX engine, Amazon Bedrock, or Azure OpenAI to your setup.

Meet AITerm Pro 

Start something

A great place to start. Room to grow.

The everyday AI terminal is free. Pro adds automation and more ways to use your AI.

Free

Yours to keep

$0 forever

A real Mac terminal with AI help built in.

Download free for Mac
  • Plain English to commands
  • Conversational /fix and plain-English /explain
  • Tabs, split panes, and saved workspaces
  • Local AI through Ollama
  • Your own supported cloud API keys
  • Safety profiles and rollback suggestions

No account or credit card needed. Cloud provider charges are separate.

Pro

Your next chapter

$99 / year per seat

$8.25 per month, billed annually.

Get Pro · $99/year (opens in a new tab)

$9.99 / month per seat

Or $99 per year. Save about 17% with annual billing.

Get Pro · $9.99/month (opens in a new tab)

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  • Everything in Free
  • Claude / ChatGPT subscription connections
  • Runbooks with variables and output chaining
  • Agents and Autopilot with plans, reviewed file writes, and undo
  • Managed MLX, Bedrock, and Azure OpenAI
  • Up to 3 of your machines per seat
  • Priority support

Early-bird price, locked in for life. Try Pro for 14 days with the free download. The trial starts on first launch, no card needed.

One seat per person. For 10+ seats or invoicing, get in touch. Compare every feature.

Good questions

A few things you might wonder.

Do I need to know the command line? Q1

You can start with plain English. AITerm proposes a command you can review and edit, and /explain helps you understand output. You’re working in a real terminal, so take a moment to understand a command before running it.

What do I need to get started? Q2

A Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 13 or later. Download AITerm, move it to Applications, and follow the setup assistant. Local AI needs an initial engine and model download. You can also connect a supported cloud account. Until your AI has really answered, a “Check AI setup” reminder stays in the status bar.

Is the app really free? Q3

Yes. The native terminal, AI command suggestions, /fix, /explain, tabs, splits, and saved workspaces are free. Your first launch starts a 14-day Pro trial. When it ends, Free features stay available. Any cloud provider charges are separate.

Where do my AI requests go? Q4

With an on-device model, AI requests stay on your Mac. With a cloud connection, AITerm sends the request and relevant context directly to the provider you choose, with common secret patterns redacted first. AITerm never follows a redirect that would take an AI request off your Mac or to another server. If the AI you switched to can’t start, nothing is sent: AI stays off until you fix that connection or pick another. Read about data handling.

Can I work offline? Q5

The terminal and downloaded on-device models work offline. Cloud AI needs a connection. Pro also needs periodic online license validation; if you stay offline for more than about six weeks, Pro features pause until you reconnect.

Can the agent change my files? Q6

Only with your approval. With Pro, in /agent and /auto, the agent can propose creating or replacing a whole text file. The card shows the full path, the risk, and the exact text before anything is written; for a very long file it says how much of it you are seeing. Protected places, such as system folders, your SSH and shell startup files, .git folders and AITerm’s own settings, are refused. On the Personal profile, AITerm asks you to confirm again instead, and only “Write anyway” writes the file. It never writes through a link or creates folders, it keeps the file’s permissions, and every approved, refused or dry-run write is recorded in the Security Log. How file writes work.

What can the AI do when I use my Claude or ChatGPT subscription? Q7

Answer, and only answer. AITerm runs the official Claude Code or Codex tool with its own tools switched off, so it cannot run commands, read files, or search the web on its own. What comes back is text, and it goes through the same approval and safety checks as any other suggestion before anything runs on your Mac. This needs Claude Code 2.1.169 or Codex 0.153.3 or newer; an older version is asked to update.

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