Airplane AI app icon

Your AI stops when the Wi-Fi stops.
This one doesn't.

A real AI chat — full Gemma model — that runs entirely on your Mac. No Wi-Fi. No account. No API key. No subscription. Works in airplane mode. Literally.

macOS 15+ Apple Silicon 16 GB RAM 100% Local
Airplane AI showing 10 real offline conversations
The problem

Cloud AI breaks the same way, every time.

On a flight

Wi-Fi just died.

Cloud AI: offline. Airplane AI: keeps going.

Rate-limited

"You've reached your limit."

Upgrade, wait, or log in again. Airplane AI has no limit.

Confidential

You can't send that out.

NDA. Medical. Legal. Airplane AI never leaves your Mac.

See it work

Ten real conversations. Wi-Fi off.

Screenshots from the actual app — every response generated on-device by the bundled Gemma model.

vs. cloud AI

Works when they don't.

Airplane AI ChatGPT Claude Gemini
Works offline
Data stays on your Mac
No account required
No subscription
No rate limits
Works during outages
On-device speech
Command line

Also yours to script.

The same app runs from the terminal. Single shot, named chats, resumable context.

$ airplaneai -p "What is 2+2?"
4. That is the sum of two and two.

$ airplaneai -p "Explain closures" -n "swift-learning"
A closure is a function together with the variables it captured from its
surrounding scope…

$ airplaneai -p "Give me an example" -n "swift-learning" --continue
Sure — here's a minimal Swift closure that captures a counter…

$ airplaneai --list
swift-learning     (4 msgs)
How it works

Install. Open. Chat.

No API keys. No sign-up. No configuration.

1. Download Airplane AI.
Mac App Store or build from source. The Gemma model is bundled inside — no separate download.
2. Open the app.
It verifies the model, loads it onto your Metal GPU, and you're ready in seconds.
3. Chat.
Type. Paste images. Drag documents. Hit the mic. Everything stays on your Mac.
Before you download

Every question, answered.

Will it replace ChatGPT?
No. For deep research, cloud AI is still better. Most days you don't need it.
Is the bundled model good enough?
For what you actually ask every day? Yes. Gemma 3n E4B handles code, writing, analysis, translation.
Does it phone home?
No. Zero network entitlements. Verified by a CI script that fails the build if URLSession ever appears.
Do I need an account or API key?
No. Just a Mac.
How big is the model?
~4.5 GB bundled inside the app. Memory-mapped, so it doesn't eat all your RAM.
Multimodal?
Yes. Paste images (Apple Vision OCR), drag documents, hold the mic. All processed on-device.
Install

One download. One minute.

Mac App Store — €29.99

One purchase. No subscription. Includes the GUI and the airplaneai CLI.

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Needs

Three things.

macOS 15+Sequoia or later
Apple SiliconM1 or later
16 GB RAMUnified memory

Private by construction.

App Sandbox. Zero network entitlements. No telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting. Verified by CI scripts at every build.