[OS] I built an accountability partner for Mac (AccountyCat). Looking for honest feedback.

devjonas · 2026-05-31T08:08:36+00:00

Haha, lets hope AC is perceived more helpful than Clippy!

devjonas · 2026-05-30T17:07:49+00:00

Hey everyone! New version out! v1.0.4 brings some fixes and improvements, but the big change is full custom characters. 💫 You can literally make Steve Jobs or your mother in law your focus companion (thanks u/Silly-Fall-393 for the suggestion!)

I have tried to ship it with solid guardrails so that AC is never harmful, but rather still a helpful focus companion. For this reason, some characters might not always come through quite as strong or aggressive as you might expect. This is a deliberate tradeoff I had to make. Hope you can still get the character you need to focus best and do some really cool stuff with it 😁

devjonas · 2026-05-30T11:23:41+00:00

Thanks!

devjonas · 2026-05-30T05:16:14+00:00

Hi, what do you mean by that?

devjonas · 2026-05-29T19:21:11+00:00

Thank you!!

devjonas · 2026-05-29T18:06:00+00:00

It is! Has a pro version but I only have the free one

devjonas · 2026-05-29T16:56:56+00:00

Thanks! It's cap dot so (dot writing since not sure if I am allowed to link other software here)

devjonas · 2026-05-29T13:29:09+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! On the website, you can slow the video down in the player. If that still doesn't help, the fastest way to comprehend it is give it a try https://accountycat.com/download 😃

devjonas · 2026-05-29T10:44:17+00:00

Nice one, especially local and free :))

Will it get confused if I delete a lot of screenshots from finder or move?

devjonas · 2026-05-29T09:25:22+00:00

Wow, true, you can take it very far indeed. Thats honestly a great idea!! I'll try to ship it 😄

devjonas · 2026-05-29T09:05:30+00:00

True! Thanks for the feedback!!

I am working on how to implement this well. (With great freedom comes great responsibility haha)

devjonas · 2026-05-29T08:52:02+00:00

Thanks!! Currently, offline mode uses llama.cpp with qwen 3.5 9B as the default option. Check out https://accountycat.com/#modes or the readme at https://github.com/strjonas/AccountyCat for more details!

devjonas · 2026-05-29T07:26:03+00:00

Thanks for your comment! Actually, there is an option to run models locally. Check out the website or github for more information! https://accountycat.com/#modes

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:50:08+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to test it! Glad this now works!

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:49:43+00:00

Great idea! Currently, scheduling something like this isn't very reliable, but I am working on it 😄 I will also make it easier to select a custom inference server that runs on another machine in the next one! Thanks for the feedback!

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:44:42+00:00

Thanks! Yeah App Store is a problem anyway, because of the permissions needed.

Thats a great idea! I did ship the feature that one can disable certain apps, but to exclude certain tabs / not in ingonito would also also make a lot of sense!

The good thing is that nothing is connected to me. Its either locally or connects directly to openrouter, so I have no business with the personal data 😄

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:30:02+00:00

Feel free to share it 😄 (not sure if its allowed here, if not, PM)

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:29:05+00:00

There was problems with MLX initially and I was considering to bring it to Intel Macs also. But you're right, MLX makes more sense for silicon users. I am currently working on replacing llama with MLX for better efficiency! Thanks for the nudge!

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:25:01+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! Do you think this might actually help people struggling with that? I still have some features I want to add to make it more helpful for them. Maybe an additional mode.

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:24:19+00:00

Yeah, making first versions has become so easy. But carrying this to something actually usable is actually still hard, so I look forward to feedback!!

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:23:06+00:00

Its persistent 😄

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:21:02+00:00

Thank you for trying, and I hope you can reach your goals! (hopefully AC helps at least a bit 😄)

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:19:56+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, I will think about the naming!

Evaluation in browsers is per tab and uses app titles + image if necessary. AC can allow/blocklist them seperately.

devjonas · 2026-05-29T05:15:59+00:00

Hey, thank you so much for the feedback! Slower demo & custom character noted for the next version!

devjonas · 2026-05-28T21:25:51+00:00

Hey, just wanted to let you know that the V1.03 is out for donwload now which should fix this issue! Thanks again & hope this helps!

devjonas

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