Essential

What is Essential?

Essential is an open-source MacOS app developed by GetEssential.app that serves as your co-pilot for your computer screen. It acts as a second set of eyes to help you with various tasks. With Essential, you can effortlessly remember information on your screen, understand what you are trying to accomplish, and troubleshoot issues by surfacing helpful suggestions and fixes.

This powerful tool utilizes computer vision and OpenAI's LLMS to analyze what's on your screen, making it capable of understanding error messages, logs, and stack traces from your IDE, terminal, or browser. By simply pressing ⌘-tab, Essential provides you with the necessary fixes in the appropriate context, eliminating the need for manual searching or copying and pasting error messages.

Essential also acts as a memory layer for your screen, allowing you to quickly reference and recall important moments from your recent work. It uses OCR technology to automatically categorize and store screenshots and information, helping you find the information you need in no time.

Privacy-conscious users can rest assured, as all data processing happens entirely on your Mac, ensuring your information never leaves your system. Download Essential now and take advantage of its powerful features to enhance your productivity and troubleshooting capabilities.

Key features

Essential core features and benefits include the following:

• Error resolution.
• Memory layer.
• Screenshot categorization.
• Open-source.
• Privacy conscious.

Use cases & applications

• Effortlessly remember information on your Mac screen.
• Understand and fix error messages with the help of AI.
• Quickly reference and recall important moments.
• Enhance productivity with an local AI assistant.