Download the beta
v0.9.7 · free · expires 17 November 2026
Minnie is in open beta and free to use. She runs the AI coding agent you already have on your Mac, so there's no extra AI bill — but you do need your own agent.
Apple Silicon · macOS 14+ · ~146 MB
Installing
Takes about a minute. macOS will probably warn you about this app and you'll click past it once — Minnie isn't signed by Apple yet (a Developer ID costs $99/year; that comes with v1). Nothing about the warning is specific to Minnie; every unsigned Mac app gets it.
- 1
Open the disk image
Double-click
Minnie-0.9.7-beta.dmgin your Downloads. - 2
Paste this into Terminal
All three lines at once — they run in order.
ditto --noextattr --norsrc /Volumes/Minnie*/Minnie.app /Applications/Minnie.app xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Minnie.app open /Applications/Minnie.app - 3
Look in your menu bar
Minnie has no Dock icon — that's deliberate. Find the paw at the top of your screen and click it to wake her.
Still blocked?
If macOS says "Apple could not verify Minnie is free of malware", openSystem Settings ▸ Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom, and click Open Anyway next to Minnie. You'll only ever do this once.
Why the commands instead of dragging her to Applications? macOS marks the downloaded disk image as quarantined, and Finder copies that mark onto anything you drag out of it — which makes the warning stickier than it needs to be.
What you need
- An Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later). Intel Macs aren't supported yet.
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
- Your own AI coding agent — Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, or a custom command. Minnie drives the agent you already pay for; she doesn't resell AI.
- A microphone, if you want to talk to her. Typing works fine too.
Beta caveats
- Things will break. That's the point — tell me when they do.
- Minnie can run real commands on your Mac. She asks before each one; read what you approve.
- This build stops working on 17 November 2026. She checks for new versions on launch and can update herself, so you shouldn't have to come back here.
Something broken, confusing, or delightful?Email me — beta feedback goes straight to the person who wrote it.