hunch
Shell command generator powered by Apple Intelligence. Natural language in, actual command out. Runs entirely on-device — no cloud, no API keys.
On-device LLM
macOS 26
$ brew tap es617/tap && brew install hunch
Click to copy. Requires macOS 26 Tahoe + Apple Silicon.
Three hooks, one tool
Natural language to command
Type what you want, hit Ctrl+G. The buffer is replaced with the actual command. You inspect before running.
Smart command-not-found
Typos get corrected, missing tools get install instructions, Linux commands get macOS equivalents. Instant for typos, sub-second for the rest.
Failure explanation
When a command fails, a one-line explanation appears in grey. No need to Google the exit code.
Examples
hunch
find files changed in the last hour
→
find . -mmin -60
$
ncdu
→
not installed: brew install ncdu
$
grpe foo
→
did you mean: grep
$
ip a
→
macOS equivalent: ifconfig
How it works
You type "find files changed in the last hour" + Ctrl+G
→ FTS5 search 21k tldr examples → top 8 matches
→ Prompt system instruction + examples + your query
→ Apple 3B on-device, Neural Engine, ~0.5s
→ find . -mmin -60
→ FTS5 search 21k tldr examples → top 8 matches
→ Prompt system instruction + examples + your query
→ Apple 3B on-device, Neural Engine, ~0.5s
→ find . -mmin -60
~83%
Benchmark accuracy
0.5s
Average latency
0
Cloud dependencies
What gets installed
~/.local/bin/hunch
~1 MB Swift binary
~/.local/share/hunch/tldr_bank.db
4 MB FTS5 index
~/.local/share/hunch/hunch.zsh
2 KB zsh plugin