Why it exists
A working Mac ends up with a launcher, a clipboard manager, a window manager, a dictation app, a screen recorder, a menu bar hider and a handful of smaller tools, each with its own subscription, its own update nag and its own idea of where the settings live. Vehla started as an attempt to have one native app do those jobs well enough that the others could be uninstalled, and to do the AI parts on the Mac itself instead of through someone else's server.
What it believes
- Local first. Vehla does not run an inference server. Text you select, dictate or paste never reaches a Vehla machine. Local models run on-device through MLX; cloud models are bring-your-own-key and talk to the provider directly.
- Native. Swift and AppKit, Apple Silicon only, no Electron. It should feel like part of macOS, not a web page in a window.
- Paid once. Free is free forever. Pro is $29.99 once for two Macs with updates for life. No subscription, no yearly update fee.
- Built from feedback. Most of what ships comes from the Discord and from support email. If something is wrong, say so and it will usually be fixed in the next release.
Also by Kaila Consulting
Lekh AI, a local AI app for the Mac and iPhone. Vehla and Lekh share the same on-device model runtime.
Contact
Email admin@kailalabs.com, join the Discord, or follow @vehlaapp on X. Press and review requests are welcome at the same address; licences for reviewers are free.
Kaila Consulting Inc. · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada