✨ reWriteAI

reWriteAI is a lightweight macOS menu bar app that helps you rewrite and polish text with AI.
Perfect for quick message polishing, and short copy that needs a professional touch.

Built with SwiftUI and powered by the OpenAI API.

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🚀 Features

• Runs from your macOS menu bar
• Rewrite any text in a simple dialog box
• Powered by OpenAI (gpt-5, gpt-5-nano, gpt-mini)
• Configurable system prompt (set your preferred rewriting style)
• Easy API Key setup via Settings
• Copy to Clipboard button for results
• 100% open source

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📦 Installation

Option 1: Download DMG (recommended)

👉 Releases Page

1. Download the latest .dmg
2. Drag reWriteAI.app into your Applications folder
3. Launch from Spotlight or menu bar

DEMO

Option 2: Build from source

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/mayomi1/rewriteai.git
   cd rewriteai

2. Open in Xcode:

   open reWriteAI.xcodeproj

3. Press Run (⌘R)

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🔑 API Key Setup

reWriteAI uses the OpenAI API.
You’ll need an API key to use it.

• In the app, open Settings → API Key
• Paste your OpenAI key (sk-...)
• Saved securely in AppStorage

Alternatively, you can set it as an environment variable:

export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-yourkey"

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⚙️ Configuration

In Settings, you can adjust:

• API Key (required)
• System Prompt (tone/style of rewriting, e.g. “Polish this for a professional restaurant menu”)
• Model: gpt-5, gpt-5-nano, or gpt-mini

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🛠️ Development

Requirements:

• macOS 14+
• Xcode 15+
• Swift 5.9+

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! 🎉

• Fork the repo
• Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)
• Commit changes (git commit -m "Add feature")
• Push and open a Pull Request

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📜 License

MIT License © 2025