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Show HN: Instant access to ChatGPT on any Mac app

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This is cool! For people with less money, I've been using MacGPT, which is free: https://macgpt.com/

$19 for effectively opening a tab? No thank you.

it's not just for opening a tab.

Atua is a desktop app available on all my Mac apps. You can trigger it with a simple hotkey, allowing you to ask a question and receive an instant response. Moreover, you can create custom commands and assign hotkeys to them for instant reuse.

For example, imagine you're chatting on Slack and want to improve your message's writing. In the past, you had to copy the text, navigate to ChatGPT in a browser, and ask it to fix the grammar or rephrase. This method was cumbersome when repeated multiple times a day.

With Atua, you can create a command once and assign a hotkey like ⌘+P. When you press the hotkey, it triggers ChatGPT to rephrase your text, and you can paste the revised version using ⌘+Enter. The process is seamless and automatic.

This is just one use case, but you can do so much more with Atua, such as translating text, summarizing articles, using it as a coding assistant, or asking random questions. The power of ChatGPT is at your fingertips.

Raycast Pro[0] has this + much more built-in for $8/mo. I have Capslock + A assigned as the hotkey and have superfast AI at my fingertips. 11/10 would recommend!

(on top of Raycast being a better Alfred/Spotlight anyway)

[0]: https://www.raycast.com/pro

In what ways do you find it better than Alfred? Asking honestly, I currently use it and haven't heard of Raycast before. Also it seems like it only supports ChatGPT 3.5 for now.

$8/mo is also much higher than one time $19 payment.

And $8/mo is only if you pre-pay one year, or else it's $10/mo.

At first glance, $8/month might seem more affordable, but it adds up to $96/year. With Atua, you'll only need to make a single payment of $19, and you'll pay OpenAI exclusively for the resources you use.

You're free to use any model you prefer, including GPT-4, provided you have access to it. All your data is only stored on your device.

I offer a 7-day trial, and if you're not satisfied, I'll provide a full refund, no questions asked.

I wish I could try it out first. Otherwise it’s a tough sell for me. There’s no demo/trial version right?

It looks promising but I’m hesitant to spend money on software I’ve never even used. I think the try-then-buy approach also aligns incentives better.

Technically, a Show HN is supposed to have something that we can play with. From the Show HN Guidelines [1]

> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with.

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Please make it easy for users to try your thing out, ideally without barriers such as signups or emails

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

I'm offering a 7-day, no-questions-asked refund. Feel free to try it the way you like, and if you don't like it, you will receive a refund in less than 24 hours. I'm happy to assist if you have any other questions.

I've never seen a successful Show HN that required a credit card signup, just FYI. You can offer a free code in your Show HN text that HNers can use, if you want to limit the reach of a free offer.

That's a great gesture and I appreciate it, but it's still a lot more friction than just a free trial. Is the concern with a free trial that people will pirate it?

Seems a bit exaggerated, I've never got the captcha on the chatgpt website. After that its hard to take it seriously since it seems like the app is marketing fluff with no substance behind it. It doesn't help that the video has music in it too, vs an actual demo

I wish I know how to do marketing ;) I'm just a developer i enjoy making automation to repetitive tasks That's when I came up with the idea to develop a tool that provides quicker access to ChatGPT, which led to the creation of Atua.

Here's a use case: Imagine you're using Slack and want to enhance your message's quality. Before, you had to copy the text, go to ChatGPT in a browser, and request grammar corrections or rephrasing. This process was tedious when done frequently throughout the day. With Atua, you only need to create a command once and assign a hotkey such as ⌘+P. Pressing the hotkey activates ChatGPT to rephrase your text, allowing you to paste the improved version with ⌘+Enter. The entire process is smooth and automated.

While this is just one example, Atua offers numerous possibilities, including text translation, article summarization, coding assistance, or answering random questions. Everything what chatgpt can do

For people's without a mac and wanting instant access to chatgpt from any device and without login: https://chatbot.theb.ai/#/chat

How does this site afford to pay for the GPT API?

Does it say anywhere if they ingest / inspect your query before sending it to openai?

Yes it says so on the page. It seems to need your OpenAI access token and then calls those APIs directly. This also means you cover the cost of OpenAI API access.

There's no layer between you and OpenAI. all your requests go directly from your device to OpenAI servers. There's no middleman, so your data is safe.

There will soon be open-sourced alternatives. Might already *out there.

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