Redac 1.0 is out today. Redac is a desktop AI assistant that builds apps for you. Describe a tool you need, and Redac writes it as an app on your computer.
What Redac 1.0 does
You ask for an app in Chat. Tell Redac what you want, such as a price tracker or a morning news page. Redac writes the app's views, scripts and schedules for you.
Every new app opens as a source review. You can read the code, but you do not have to. You can preview the app with its actions turned off, so you see how it works before it can do anything.
Nothing installs until you say so. Install the app only if you want it. Later, ask Redac in Chat to change it, and review the change the same way.
Your rules
You decide what each app can touch. Every app gets Off, Ask or Allow for each thing it can use, such as the browser, its own data or a folder on Redac's virtual disk. Writes ask you first by default. You can change these settings at any time in Apps.
When an action needs your OK, such as submitting a form, Redac shows an approval card and waits for you.
Your chats, apps and app data are stored in encrypted databases on your computer. The key is kept in your system's secure storage.
When you first open Redac, you sign in to your Redac account with your email. Then you connect the AI account you already use, such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Redac sends that AI only the messages of the task you give it. Your apps, their data and your chat history stay on your computer.
On a Mac, faces in images you attach are covered before the image goes to the AI.
Where it runs
Redac 1.0 runs on macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows (x64) and Linux (x64, AppImage). The download is free. Get it from the download section of the homepage.
Coming next
Redac Remote for iPhone and iPad is coming soon. You will pair it once by scanning a code on your computer. Then you can chat with your desktop, answer approval cards and run your apps when you are away from your desk. It will be end-to-end encrypted between your phone and your computer.
It is not available yet. Follow the Journal for the launch.