Foundry

Foundry is a native macOS launcher and command palette. It requires macOS 14 or later.

Features

Launcher for apps and commands
Calculator with unit conversions
Currency exchange via Frankfurter
Translator with live language switching
Camera preview inside the launcher
Media downloads for direct links, Cobalt, and automatic YouTube support through yt-dlp
Persistent local clipboard history for text, files, and images
Apple Notes search and quick actions
File Shelf and file conversion
Local photo background removal with optional BEN2 support
Mac utilities, system commands, and window tiling
Emoji and symbol picker
Snippets with create, import, and automatic expansion support
Developer tools for UUIDs, JSON, base64, casing, timestamps, bitwise operations, and base conversion
Launch-at-login support
Customizable Home with live widgets, agents, and File Shelf
AI provider profiles, ordered fallback, model discovery, and Keychain storage
Local model support for Ollama, LM Studio, MLX, vLLM, llama.cpp, and compatible servers

The default build creates build/Foundry.app without installing or launching it.

./scripts/build-app.sh
./scripts/verify-packaging.sh

Install with INSTALL_APP=1 ./scripts/build-app.sh. Add LAUNCH_APP=1 to launch the installed copy.

YouTube downloads automatically install the current yt-dlp formula through Homebrew when needed.