Pricing
Grip OS is free
Everything you need to build with AI on macOS — free forever, MIT-licensed.
Bring Your Own Keys
Grip connects to Anthropic (Claude Sonnet 4.6), OpenAI (GPT-5.1), Google Gemini, xAI (Grok), Mistral, Ollama, and MLX (local Apple Silicon). You control your models and your costs — we never touch your inference.
Free & Open Source
Grip Station, Tray, Sentinel, and Kernel are MIT-licensed and free forever. All features unlocked. Grip Mail is a premium add-on — a standalone AI email client available as a paid subscription.
The Platform
Free
Everything you need. No tiers, no gates, no trials.
- Grip Station — AI command center with 100+ MCP tools
- Grip Tray — menu bar companion (coming 2026)
- Grip Sentinel — MCP security wrapper with 1,080+ tests
- Grip Kernel — always-on shared services daemon (coming 2026)
- All features unlocked — fleet control, autonomy, canvas, voice mode
- BYOK — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, Ollama, MLX
- Unlimited ClawHub skills
- Community support
6+ downloads
Grip Mail
$9.99/month
Annual: $99/yr ($8.25/mo) — save 17%
Native AI email client for macOS.
- 30+ keyboard shortcuts (Superhuman-style)
- 6 email MCP tools
- 4 self-learning AI agents
- On-device models via MLX — zero API cost after ~50 interactions
- HTML sanitizer with SwiftSoup
- OAuth2 + Keychain-only token storage
Coming 2026
More add-ons coming. The platform stays free.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Grip OS really free?
Yes. Station, Tray, Sentinel, and Kernel are MIT-licensed. No feature gates, no tiers, no trials. Download and use everything today.
What do I pay for?
Official add-ons like Grip Mail. The platform is free. You also pay your own LLM providers directly via BYOK.
What happens if I cancel an add-on?
Your add-on stops working. The rest of Grip OS continues as normal.
What LLM providers are supported?
Anthropic (Claude Sonnet 4.6), OpenAI (GPT-5.1), Google Gemini, xAI (Grok), Mistral, Ollama, and MLX for local Apple Silicon inference. Bring your own API keys — we never touch your inference.
Is my data sent to Grip OS servers?
No. Grip OS is local-first. Your conversations, API keys, and data stay on your device in ~/.gripos/ by default. We collect anonymized usage analytics only.