At-a-Glance
Atua brings ChatGPT-style assistance to your Mac with a single keyboard shortcut. It eliminates the need to switch apps: highlight text anywhere, press the hotkey, and Atua handles the rest — from refining wording to expanding ideas.
How it works
Select text in any macOS application, invoke the assigned shortcut, and a small interface appears where Atua processes the selection using your OpenAI credentials. The interaction is designed to be fast and unobtrusive so you can stay focused on the task at hand.
Main capabilities
- Expand or elaborate on selected passages to develop ideas or generate longer copy.
- Apply grammar and style corrections to improve clarity and correctness.
- Perform general text transformations and processing (summaries, rewrites, formatting).
- Let users define custom commands and choose hotkey combinations for specific workflows.
- Save conversation history so you can revisit previous interactions and results.
Requirements and platform roadmap
Atua runs on macOS (Mac OS X and newer). An OpenAI API key is required to enable the language features. The team plans to add native Windows and Linux builds in later releases.
Privacy and storage
All user data is kept on the local machine by default to protect privacy and minimize exposure to third-party servers. Only your device stores conversation history unless you opt to export or sync it elsewhere.
Alternatives worth considering
If you want a different option, SEMrush (free tier available) is listed as a recommended alternative for certain content and SEO-focused tasks.
Technical
- Web App
- Full