private intelligence: online

Your computer.
Now thinking.

Aperture is a local-first, least-cost routing system. Your queries run on your device first — reducing token spend by 80%+ and keeping your data private.

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macos 13+ · apple silicon · 8gb minimum

01 · the engine

Built for the machine in front of you.

Aperture reads your hardware and selects a model tuned to it — so the fast path stays local and the whole thing feels immediate.

[01]

hardware-native

Aperture detects your machine and picks the model that runs best on it — no guesswork, no wasted memory.

acceleration: metal

[02]

private by default

Queries run on your device first. Nothing leaves unless it has to, and you decide when it does.

network calls: 0

[03]

quietly fast

Least-cost routing keeps the common path local, so answers arrive before you notice the wait.

first token: 184ms

02 · the library

Every model, measured on real hardware.

56 models benchmarked on the machines people actually own. Turn on nerd+ for quantization, context, and thermal detail.

system: 32gb · apple m-series3 ready
model library
aperture-8bgeneralready
aperture-code-14bcodeready
aperture-mini-3bfastready
aperture-70breasoningdownload
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Intelligence should be personal infrastructure.

  1. 01Private enough for unfinished thoughts.
  2. 02Fast enough to disappear into the work.
  3. 03Yours enough to run without permission.

download · aperture

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download for macos aperture-0.4.1.dmg · 84 mb · universal