Your people.
Right at your fingertips.

A tiny Mac app for the people in your life. Press ⌃K to find someone, catch up on the details, and say hello.

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Free during beta · macOS 15 or later · version 2.1.17

    • Maya OkonkwoProduct designer @ Figma↩
    • Grace NakamuraPaediatrician @ Kaiser Permanente⌘2
    • Daniel ReyesInfrastructure engineer @ Stripe⌘1
    • Tomás HerreraLecturer @ Cal Poly⌘2
    • Sam Whitfield+1 312 555 0104⌘3
    • Lena FischerLast contacted last year · Friends, Movie lover⌘1
    • Idris BelloLast contacted 3 months ago · Friends, Movie lover⌘2
    • Priya Raghunathan-WhitfieldLast contacted last month · School, Friends⌘3
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Yes, this one works. Type a name · ↑ ↓ to choose · ↩ to open

Made for your MacWorks with Apple ContactsYours. And only yours.

How it works

From “I should” to “hey!”

  1. ⌃K

    Summon Kin from anywhere

    One hotkey, from any app, even full screen. The panel opens with your starred and recent people ready.

  2. pri

    Type who you’re thinking of

    Fuzzy search across names, companies, schools, and tags. Three letters is usually enough.

  3. ↩

    Open them, or act with one more key

    Message, call, mail, or open a link. Every action shows its shortcut.

Optional

AI, only when you ask

Kin can write a two-line briefing before you reach out, turn a quick note into profile updates, and rank people by what you mean. It is off by default.

  • Runs on your Mac with Apple Intelligence, or with your own Claude key.
  • Every change is shown to you before it is saved.
  • Any person can be kept off cloud AI.
  • Nothing is sent unless you ask.
Kin's review screen listing three proposed changes with checkboxes

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does Kin need an account?

No. Kin has no accounts and no server. Everything lives in your Apple Contacts and a local file on your Mac.

Where is my data stored?

Contacts stay in Apple Contacts. Kin’s own notes, tags, links, and timeline are in a JSON file in Kin’s container. Settings › Data can export or reset it.

Which Macs does it run on?

macOS 15 Sequoia or later, Apple silicon and Intel. On-device AI needs macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence.

Does Kin change my contacts?

Only when you edit a person in Kin. It never writes to a contact you did not touch, and it never deletes contacts on its own.

What does the AI send, and where?

Nothing unless you turn AI on. On-device AI never leaves your Mac. With Claude, Kin sends the one person you are looking at, or one-line summaries when you use Ask Kin. Anyone you mark “Keep off cloud AI” is never sent.

How do updates work?

Kin checks a small update feed and offers new versions in the app. You can turn the automatic check off in Settings › About.