{"repo":"rbc33/Ghostbar","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/rbc33/Ghostbar","clone":"git clone https://github.com/rbc33/Ghostbar.git","description":"Free macOS-native Cluely alternative. AI chat invisible to screen sharing. Ollama, OpenAI, Claude. Swift. No Electron. No subscription.","language":"Swift","stars":94,"topics":["ai","cluely-alternative","interview-assistant","local-llm","macos","menu-bar","ollama","privacy","screen-sharing","swift"],"license":null,"category":"auth-billing-email","readme_excerpt":"⬡ Ghostbar The only native Swift macOS Cluely alternative. No Electron. No subscription. No cloud. Just Swift. AI invisible to screen sharing — Zoom, Teams, Meet, OBS. Download DMG · Homebrew · Build from source · Report bug --- Why Ghostbar over Pluely, Natively, or Vysper? Every other Cluely alternative is built on Electron or Tauri — that means a bundled Chromium browser, 200–500MB of RAM just to open, and slow startup times. Ghostbar is written in native Swift using AppKit . It starts instantly, uses minimal memory, and feels like a real macOS app — because it is one. Ghostbar Pluely Natively Vysper --- --- --- --- --- Tech ✅ Native Swift Tauri/Rust Electron Electron macOS only ✅ Purpose-built ❌ Cross-platform ❌ Cross-platform ❌ Cross-platform Ollama / local LLMs ✅ ⚠️ Partial ✅ ❌ Free ✅ Always ✅ ✅ Free tier ✅ No subscription ✅ ✅ ⚠️ Premium tier ✅ Open source ✅ MIT ✅ ✅ ✅ No telemetry ✅ Zero ⚠️ ⚠️ Limited ❓ Voice input ✅ On-device ❌ ✅ ❌ App size ✅ 5MB 10MB 150MB 200MB --- What is Ghostbar? A macOS menu bar AI client that is completely invisible to screen capture . Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, OBS, QuickTime, Cmd+Shift+5 — none of them see it. It only exists on your physical display. No hacks. No injection. A public, documented Apple API that removes the window from the display capture pipeline before any recording tool can touch it. --- Use cases Technical interviews LeetCode, HackerRank, take-home assessments. Ask for hints, complexity analysis, edge cases — all whi","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/rbc33","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/rbc33/Ghostbar/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}