Mac Vision Tools for Mac
A macOS menu bar app for real-time machine learning detection.
By christofilojohn. Free and open source, Apache-2.0 licence.
Mac Vision Tools at a glance
- Version
- 1.0
- Released
- 2 May 2026
- Download size
- 30 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Category
- Artificial Intelligence
- Developer
- christofilojohn
- GitHub stars
- 12
About Mac Vision Tools
A Mac OS menu bar utility that runs on-device Computer Vision models for simple, fun tasks
How to install Mac Vision Tools on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for Mac Vision Tools and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.0 from christofilojohn's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to Mac Vision Tools show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: MacVisionTools-1.0.0.zip (30 MB).
What is new in Mac Vision Tools 1.0
Mac Vision Tools is a privacy-first macOS menu bar app for real-time, on-device computer vision. It supports object detection, emotion recognition, privacy monitoring, and focus tracking using local Core ML models and Apple Vision, with camera or screen capture processed entirely on your Mac.
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