# OpenContext for Mac.

Turn your documents, email and code into a knowledge graph that stays on your own computer.

[Request access](https://getopencontext.com/beta/) with your email address. The Mac app is in early access: once we approve you, you sign in and download it here, on this site. You do not need a GitHub account. Already approved? [Sign in to download](https://getopencontext.com/beta/). Read the [privacy policy](https://getopencontext.com/privacy-policy.md#tester-downloads).

## How early access works

1. **Request access.** Enter your email address. We read every request.
2. **Get approved.** When we add you to the test, you can sign in with that email address on the [tester download page](https://getopencontext.com/beta/). We usually send a personal invite link as well.
3. **Download and open.** Pick Apple silicon or Intel. The build is signed for testing but not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS asks you to confirm it the first time. The download page walks you through that.

## What you need

- **A Mac with macOS 12 or later.** Apple silicon or Intel.
- **Your own key for an AI provider.** An Anthropic or OpenRouter API key, the secret that identifies your account to that AI provider. The provider bills you for what the app uses. A Claude subscription sign-in is not an API key and does not work.
- **Optional: Apple's command line developer tools.** They add version history. macOS offers to install them the first time OpenContext opens; the app runs either way.

## More ways to start

- **Interactive demo.** Explore an example workspace in your browser. It uses fictional data and needs no account. [Try the interactive demo](https://app.getopencontext.com/demo/).
- **Coding agents.** Claude Code, Codex and other agents read your graph through a command-line tool and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. [Connect your coding agent](https://getopencontext.com/for-agents.md).
- **From source.** Developers with access to the private repository can follow the installation guide today. [Run the local app from source](https://getopencontext.com/install.md).

## Public release

Public installers are not published yet. They will be linked here once the Mac build is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. To hear when that happens, join the waitlist.

[Join the waitlist](https://getopencontext.com/waitlist.md)