Download ORBIS

v0.2.167 Beta 2026-08-17

Minimum

— macOS 13 Ventura
— Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
— 8 GB RAM
— 5 GB free disk

Installation

1 Download the .dmg above.
2 Open it and drag ORBIS to Applications.
3 Launch ORBIS — allow microphone access when prompted.
4 First launch unpacks the runtime and on-device voice models — about 3 GB, once. ORBIS can sit on “Starting ORBIS…” for a few minutes while it does. That is normal, not a hang.
5 The setup wizard walks through your mic, your voice, and connecting a language model.

ORBIS brings the voice. You bring the model.

Speech is fully on-device — ORBIS hears you with Parakeet and speaks with Kokoro, and neither sends audio anywhere. The language model is yours to choose, so the setup wizard will ask you to connect one before ORBIS can hold a conversation.

— Local and free — the wizard can install Ollama and pull a model for you. Nothing leaves your Mac.
— Already running LM Studio, vLLM, or MLX? The wizard finds local endpoints automatically.
— Any OpenAI-compatible API — paste the URL and your key.

Signed & notarized by Apple — opens cleanly, no Gatekeeper workarounds. ORBIS is in public beta; expect rough edges and frequent updates.

ORBIS is Mac-only for now

ORBIS is a native Apple-Silicon Mac app today. We want it everywhere — iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Linux are all on the table, and the more people ask for a platform, the sooner it ships. Drop your email below and we’ll tell you the moment ORBIS lands on your device — or build it from source today.

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ORBIS ships on Apple Silicon Mac today — iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Linux are what’s next, and your signup helps us decide what to build first. We’ll email you the moment it reaches your device.

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Prefer to build it yourself? ORBIS is open source — clone the repo and follow BUILDING.md. Needs an Apple-Silicon Mac with Rust, Python 3.11, and Bun.