Maker
Describe what you want — Maker builds a real, running tool for it, entirely on
your machine. The AI-age successor to make.
What it does
🗣️ Build by talking
Say "build me a tip calculator" — a working tool appears, and you refine it by poking at it.
🧩 Many tools, remembered
Every build is its own tool. Reopen, iterate, undo, and compose — Maker keeps your history.
👁️ Reads images
Paste a screenshot and Maker sees it — routed to a local vision model automatically.
🔒 Asks before touching files
Permission-gated read/write to your folders — nothing happens without your OK.
🧠 Your model, your rules
Runs open-source models locally (llama.cpp / MLX). Optionally connect a cloud key for the hard 20%.
💻 GUI, terminal — even your phone
A full browser workshop or a fast terminal, same engine. maker serve --lan opens it from your phone on the same Wi-Fi.
Get Maker
Two commands from a fresh checkout to a running workshop. Needs Node ≥ 23.6 and git.
git clone https://github.com/bpupadhyaya/maker && cd maker
node packages/gui/serve.tsThat opens the workshop at 127.0.0.1:4319. Click
⛁ Models → Download to fetch a local model (~1 GB to start) — the one
time it needs internet. Want a maker command and an app icon? Run
bash scripts/install.sh (or install.ps1 on Windows).
macOS
Apple Silicon
Download .dmg → 🪟Windows
10 & 11 (x64)
Download installer → 🐧Linux
.deb & .rpm
Download .deb →Early builds are unsigned — expect a one-time "unidentified developer" prompt (macOS: right-click → Open). Prefer source? The two commands above work everywhere. All builds publish to GitHub Releases.
Maker Pro
Everything in free Maker, plus a model that learns you (on-device fine-tuning), a local model orchestra, a private knowledge base of your own data, day-zero new-model support, and Publish & Sync — as an optional subscription. The free, offline Maker stays free forever.
Explore Maker Pro →