Use fre:ac on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude
Audio converter and CD ripper. With BCD, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps can open fre:ac on your Mac, read its window and press buttons or type, from your phone or another computer.
Works on
- MacPartly
Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what fre:ac shows and presses buttons, types and picks menus. How far it goes depends on the app. macOS asks once to allow it.
- WindowsNo
BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.
- LinuxNo
BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.
About fre:ac
- Version
- 1.1.7
- Installs (last 365 days)
- 1,180 · #760 among Homebrew apps
- Homepage
- www.freac.org
- Install
brew install --cask freac
Try asking
“Open fre:ac and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install fre:ac with Homebrew”
“Quit fre:ac and update it to the latest version”
Questions
Can ChatGPT control fre:ac?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open fre:ac, read the buttons and text it shows, press buttons, type and pick menu items. How far that goes depends on how much of its window fre:ac exposes to macOS accessibility.
Does this work on Windows?
No. BCD controls app windows only on a Mac. On Windows and Linux it works with files and commands.
Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Controlling the screen and apps is turned on per computer, and macOS asks once before BCD may control apps.
Try it on your computer
BCD connects ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps to your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer. One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card.
Program data from Homebrew, updated 2026-11-11. Installs are Homebrew's installs on request over the last 365 days.