a cursor-side companion for macOS 15
Hold ⌃+⌥ to ask. Hold ⌃+⌥+⇧ to dictate. Stays out of the way.
any ChatGPT subscription · privacy-first · macOS 15+
[01]what it is
One shortcut. Four paths.
Ask, dictate, execute, or generate. Aurras routes each request through the smallest loop that can finish the job, then gets out of the way.
[02]where it lives
In the notch.
Or where one would be.
On a real notch, Aurras sits in the notch. On any other display, it floats in a virtual notch in the same place. No dock icon. No main window.
On any other display, the same place becomes a virtual notch.
[03]trust is local
The boundary is the product.
Voice, speech, cursor overlays, and action gates stay on your Mac. What crosses is explicit: text reasoning through your own ChatGPT subscription, not a shared API key.
- Push-to-talk recording
- Speech-to-text · on device
- Speech playback · on device
- Screen-capture trigger
- Cursor companion overlay
- Mouse and keyboard input
- Clipboard writes for generated images
- Memory and session history
- Text reasoning · GPT (latest)
- Optional screenshot reasoning
- Execute-mode planning
- Web search
- Image generation
- Streamed response
Screenshots, voice transcripts, and generated images never reach analytics.
[04]take it home
Run it on your Mac.
Any ChatGPT subscription is enough. The installer brings the notch overlay, the voice engine, and the execute gates. Bring your own session.
after install, hold ⌃+⌥ anywhere on macOS to summon aurras.