Install — インストール
You only drag once. After that, Hotate sits in your menu bar, picks a folder, and talks to your files in plain language. The first time you open it, it also finishes setting up the small local AI model—progress you can actually see.
.dmg from your latest GitHub Release. You (the maintainer) build it with npm run menubar:pack on a Mac, or push a version tag so CI builds it—see Dev docs → How you get the .dmg.
Download Hotate from GitHub Releases and double-click the .dmg. A window opens with the app and a shortcut to Applications—that’s normal macOS behavior.
Open Applications and double-click Hotate. The first time, macOS might say the app can’t be checked for malware—that happens with unsigned builds. Choose Open from the right-click menu, or allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security.
The Mac build includes the Ollama engine bundled with Hotate (no separate installer). On first run, Hotate starts that engine and downloads the default small model once—about a few hundred MB, depending on the release. You’ll see a progress bar and status lines while it downloads; stay online for this step.
If you already use the full Ollama app separately, Hotate’s packaged build uses its own isolated port and model folder so the two don’t fight each other.