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Enchanted

Open source

Enchanted is an open-source iOS and macOS app for chatting with language models you host yourself through Ollama.

Open-source alternative to

GitHub stars
6k
Last commit
2 mo ago
Repository age
2 years
Version
v1.8.2
Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosted
Yes

About Enchanted

Enchanted is an open-source app for macOS, iOS and visionOS that provides a chat interface for privately hosted language models. It works with Ollama, so models such as Llama 2, Mistral and Vicuna run on a server you control while the app supplies the polished front end. The README describes it as essentially a ChatGPT-style interface that connects to your own models.

The feature list includes conversation history stored on the device, markdown rendering for tables, lists and code blocks, voice prompts, read-aloud text to speech, image attachments, a configurable system prompt, editing messages or resubmitting them with a different model, deleting conversations, light and dark modes and a Spotlight-style panel on macOS. The project notes that all features work offline against your own server.

You need to run your own Ollama server, version 0.1.14 or later, and point the app at it, either publicly or through your own network setup. The app is distributed through the App Store and licensed under Apache-2.0. The README mentions that a successor project called Jaz is the new iteration of this one.

Key features

  • Chat interface for Ollama-hosted models
  • Conversation history stored on the device
  • Markdown rendering for code and tables
  • Voice prompts and read-aloud
  • Image attachments for prompts
  • Custom system prompts
  • Spotlight-style panel on macOS

Good fit for

  • →Chatting with private local language models from an iPhone
  • →Keeping conversations off third-party AI services
Built with
Swift
Tags
ollama
llm
ios
macos
chat
swift
private-ai
visionos

Enchanted: questions and answers

What is Enchanted used for?
Enchanted is an open-source iOS and macOS app for chatting with language models you host yourself through Ollama. It is a good fit for chatting with private local language models from an iPhone and keeping conversations off third-party AI services.
Is Enchanted open source?
Yes. Enchanted is open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. Its source code is on GitHub at gluonfield/enchanted and is written mainly in Swift.
Is Enchanted free?
Yes. Enchanted is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
Can I self-host Enchanted?
Yes. Enchanted can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure; there is no official hosted version.
What is Enchanted an alternative to?
Enchanted is an open-source alternative to ChatGPT and Claude. Other open-source alternatives to ChatGPT include Open WebUI, Hugging Face Chat UI and Zola Chat.
Is Enchanted actively maintained?
Yes. The most recent commit to Enchanted was on 7 July 2026, and the latest release is v1.8.2, published on 15 June 2026. The project has 6k stars on GitHub.

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