Hunch vs NodePad

Hunch is a free macOS agent that works across your apps, browser sessions, files, and saved logins in the background while you keep using your Mac.

Agent on canvas. NodePad lays your AI conversations out on a canvas, so you try more ideas, keep the answers that hold up, and never lose the thread that mattered.

About Hunch

Hunch is a free macOS agent that works across your apps, browser sessions, files, and saved logins in the background while you keep using your Mac. Hunch: free AI computer use for your Mac Free and Open Source . Hunch is a computer use agent that uses your Mac in the background to do your tasks. Free to download and use with your existing Claude or ChatGPT/Codex subscription, Hunch adds no usage fee or metered API bill.

About NodePad

Agent on canvas. NodePad lays your AI conversations out on a canvas, so you try more ideas, keep the answers that hold up, and never lose the thread that mattered. You can then use the arrow keys to move the node around. You can then press delete to remove it or escape to cancel. Every message on a NodePad canvas is a node you can build on, and the model only ever sees the context you chose.