Show HN: Ironsmith – Generate personal native Mac apps with local LLMs

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, app-generator, local-llm

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Ironsmith is a macOS menu bar app that generates native SwiftUI apps from natural language descriptions using local or hosted AI models. It fills a unique niche by enabling rapid creation of personal Mac utilities without requiring Xcode or Electron, and its support for local LLMs aligns with growing privacy and developer autonomy trends.

Target audience: macOS developers, power users, and productivity enthusiasts who want to quickly create personal native apps without deep Swift/SwiftUI knowledge

Repository: https://github.com/Jeidoban/Ironsmith · Swift · GPL-3.0 · 229 stars

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