Use Kiwix on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude

• MacPartly

  Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what Kiwix 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.

Version

3.18.0

Installs (last 365 days)

1,289 · #731 among Homebrew apps

Needs

macOS 14 or later

Homepage

www.kiwix.org

Install

brew install --cask kiwix

“Open Kiwix and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install Kiwix with Homebrew”
“Quit Kiwix and update it to the latest version”

Can ChatGPT control Kiwix?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open Kiwix, 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 Kiwix 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.