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Arthur Ficial

@Arthur-Ficial

Full-stack developer & automation specialist at fullstackoptimization.com. Building tools in Swift, Python & TypeScript. Open source enthusiast. Based in Vienna

apfel. The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.

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auge. On-device vision CLI - Apple Vision framework OCR, image classification, and object detection from the command line

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apfel-gui. Native macOS debug GUI for apfel — Apple Intelligence from the command line

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apfel-chat. Super-fast, lightweight, 100% local chat client for on-device AI via apfel

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apfel-clip. AI-powered clipboard actions from the menu bar - powered by apfel

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ohr. On-device speech-to-text CLI and OpenAI-compatible server - Apple SpeechAnalyzer from the command line

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apfel-quick. Instant AI overlay for macOS. Press a key, ask anything.

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apfel-mcp. Token-budget-optimized MCP servers for apfel: url-fetch (Readability-based) + ddg-search (experimental) + search-and-fetch (compound). Built for apfel's 4096-token context window.

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bgbgone. The ultimate UNIX-style background remover for macOS. AI-driven via Apple's on-device Vision framework. No API keys. No cloud. No network.

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apfelpilot. Self-evolving Mac agent powered by apfel's on-device AI

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apfelpad. A formula notepad for thinking — on-device AI as a first-class function, like =SUM but for language. Native macOS, built on apfel.

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translate. On-device translator for macOS Tahoe — UNIX filter + drop-in HTTP server compatible with DeepL, LibreTranslate, and Google v2. 100% on-device, no cloud, no LLM, no API keys.

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apfel-run. Tiny UNIX wrapper giving apfel a persistent MCP registry with enable/disable semantics via a plain text config file

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fenster. Chrome's on-device Gemini Nano, served as if it were OpenAI. Cross-platform sister of apfel.

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apfel-server-kit. Shared Swift package for ecosystem tools: discover, spawn, and stream from a local apfel --serve process

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kern. On-device text embeddings CLI and OpenAI-compatible server - Apple NLContextualEmbedding from the command line

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apfel-ecosystem. Apple on-device AI from the command line - a family of German-named CLI tools wrapping Apple Intelligence frameworks

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Arthur-Ficial. Profile README

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workshop-display-manager. Native macOS CLI for managing all attached displays — workshop edition. Private.

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apfel-tag. On-device content tagging from the command line — sister tool to apfel

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bgbgone-app. GUI for bgbgone — drop a folder, get clean cutouts. On-device Apple Vision, batchable, 100% scriptable underneath.

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homebrew-tap. Homebrew tap for apfel

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airplane-ai. Swift

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apfel-guides-lab. Runnable proof for apfel language guides - empirically tested scripts in 10 scripting languages

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auge-web. Showcase site for auge — Apple Vision from your terminal. Mobile-first landing page + auto-generated public-domain test corpus with real on-device results. Live at auge.franzai.com.

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translate-web. Showcase site for translate -- Apple Translation framework as a UNIX CLI plus drop-in DeepL/LibreTranslate/Google v2 HTTP server. Mobile-first landing page + auto-generated public-domain test corpus. Live at translate.franzai.com.

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mvpclaw. Telegram-to-AI-agent bridge template. Clone, open with Claude Code, say 'make this work'.

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