GhostReply
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GhostReply is an AI iMessage auto-replier for Mac that texts for you in your style. It skips group chats and keeps your message context local, then lets you shut it off by closing Terminal.
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GhostReply has launched its second Product Hunt release, and the pitch is simple: let a Mac handle your iMessage replies without making them sound like robot replies. It runs in Terminal, watches only the chats you pick, and tries to answer in the way you usually text each person.
The setup is more cautious than a lot of AI tools. GhostReply reads message history and keeps its profile locally. For the actual reply work, relevant context goes from your Mac to Groq using your own API key, rather than passing through GhostReply’s servers. Group chats are left out entirely.
That local-first approach is the whole point here. The tool is built for one-to-one conversations, not for spraying canned lines across every thread on your phone. If you want it to stop, you close the Terminal process. No hidden switch, no elaborate dashboard.
The pricing is equally blunt. You can try 10 replies for free, then it’s a one-time $4.99 payment. No subscription. No recurring billing trap hiding behind a friendly demo.
GhostReply also says it can now use hosted AI, which means there’s no API key to create for that version. That lowers the barrier a bit, though the product still keeps the narrow focus that makes it interesting: personal replies, local control, and a pretty literal off switch.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the rare AI assistant that sounds designed by someone who actually wants privacy and inconvenience in the same room. The local profile, the one-to-one limit, and the hard stop by closing Terminal all read like a quiet rebuke to the usual everything-in-the-cloud pitch. More tools should be this boring about control.
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