

Elvean
Everything you need for AI in a beautiful native Mac app. Run models locally on your Mac with zero setup, or connect to 300+ cloud models from Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Grok, OpenRouter, and more. Bring your own API keys — your data never touches our servers.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Elvean News & Activities
Recent activities
- elvean22 added Elvean
- elvean22 added Elvean as alternative to ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and AnythingLLM
Elvean information
What is Elvean?
Everything you need for AI in a beautiful native Mac app. Run models locally on your Mac with zero setup, or connect to 300+ cloud models from Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Grok, OpenRouter, and more. Bring your own API keys — your data never touches our servers.
PRIVACY FIRST Your conversations stay on your device. API keys are stored in the macOS Keychain. No accounts required. When using cloud providers, data goes directly to them — never through us.
PRO FEATURES
- Multi-step agentic tool calling
- Web search with inline citations
- Interactive charts, tables, and Mermaid diagrams
- Apple Maps and WeatherKit integration
- MCP server connections
- Threaded conversations with @mention model switching
- Inline Markdown editing of AI responses
- Export to Markdown, HTML, and PDF
ORGANIZE YOUR WORK
- Threaded conversations to keep context organized
- Folders with drag and drop
- Full-text search across all chats
- Favorites, pinned conversations, and bulk actions
VOICE & MULTIMODAL
- Voice input and text-to-speech
- Image attachments for vision models
- PDF file analysis
- Screenshot to AI — capture any screen and send it to your model
POWER USER FEATURES
- Fork any message to explore different directions
- Per-conversation temperature, max tokens, and system prompts
- Token usage tracking with input/output breakdown
- Prompt library with {{variable}} placeholders
- System-wide floating prompt panel via hotkey
- Run Qwen, Gemma, and other models directly on-device — no cloud, no API keys, no setup




