Cleat
Open apps, find copied text and move windows from your keyboard.
- Free during beta
- macOS 15 or later
- Apple silicon
What Cleat does
Press Command-Space and type what you need. Open an app, find a link in your clipboard history, or move the current window to one side. You can calculate a total and copy the answer without opening a calculator.
For the commands you use often, set an alias or a hotkey. Bring your snippets over from Alfred or Raycast, search your browser bookmarks, and add your own scripts when you need something specific.
The parts worth knowing about
Not the whole list - the app has more screens than a page like this can usefully hold. These are the decisions that make Cleat different from the last one you tried.
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Find the text you copied
Search clipboard history and reuse saved snippets. You keep both on your Mac, and you can back up your history, snippets and settings to a local file.
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Arrange your windows by name
Type a window command to make room beside your current app. You can also search the front app's menu commands and run one without hunting through its menus.
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Add a reminder before you forget
Create a note, reminder or calendar event from the launcher. Review the details and choose a list or calendar before saving. You grant access to the apps you want to use.
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Choose where you chat
Use Apple Intelligence, a downloadable model, a model server or your own cloud API key. With a cloud provider, you send your prompts and conversation context to that provider and pay its API charges.
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Translate and dictate on your Mac
On macOS 26, compare a translation with the original and paste it back into your app. For dictation, hold a key while you speak. You may need to download language files.
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Run your own scripts
Write a command in a language you use, then print a JSON object for each result. In Settings, check dependencies and configure commands. You keep your script edits when you update the bundled commands.
Pricing
After beta, Cleat will cost $49 USD as a one-time purchase. There is nothing to buy now. If you use a cloud assistant, your provider bills API usage separately.
- Cleat betaFree
Use all features during beta. No payment or license key required.
- All beta features
- No trial countdown
What you need
- Mac
- macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon
- Translation and dictation
- macOS 26; language downloads may be needed
- Account
- No Cleat account required. Cloud assistants need an account with your chosen API provider.
- Data
- Clipboard history, snippets and settings stay on your Mac. Online features use their respective services; API keys stay in macOS Keychain.
- Where
- Download the free beta from getcleat.app
Questions about Cleat
How much does Cleat cost?
- You can use all features for free during beta, without a license key or trial countdown. After beta, Cleat will cost $49 USD, paid once. Cloud assistant providers charge for API usage separately.
Will Cleat run on my Mac?
- You need an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 15 or later. Translation and dictation require macOS 26, and you may need to download language files.
Does my clipboard go to a server?
- You keep your clipboard history on your Mac. If you choose a cloud assistant, you send selected clipboard text, prompts and conversation context to that provider. You can choose Apple Intelligence or the built-in model to process assistant text on your Mac instead.
Can I import my snippets?
- Yes. You can import snippets from Alfred or Raycast, and clipboard history from Alfred.