Atticus voice assistant for macOS
Shares rank 15 of 19 smart speakers by recommenders
Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude; people say it works well. Possible caveat: voice transcription may get things wrong.
Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude; people say it works well. Possible caveat: voice transcription may get things wrong.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Looks and works great
“really like it from what I can see it from the demo video”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Atticus – Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p” “This looks and works great, super impressed.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Atticus – Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p” Inspired others to build forks
“This is awesome and I would not have done any of it without you starting!”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Atticus – Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p” “I burned some credits on a fork that works for windows”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Atticus – Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p” “I liked the idea and forked the original”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Atticus – Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Voice transcription may get it wrong
“what if the voice transcription gets it wrong?”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Atticus – Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p”
Other smart speakers people recommend
The four most recommended other smart speakers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siri | 165 | 715 | 19% | 12 | 7 yrs23 owners | — |
| Amazon Alexa | 45 | 131 | 26% | 11 | — | — |
| Bose SoundTouch smart speakers | 37 | 18 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
| Google Assistant | 33 | 64 | 34% | 10 | — | — |
| Atticus voice assistant for macOSThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is awesome and I would not have done any of it without you starting!”
“what if the voice transcription gets it wrong?”
“This looks and works great, super impressed.”
“I burned some credits on a fork that works for windows”
“for is only proven to work on my local but can be run by others”
“I liked the idea and forked the original”
“really like it from what I can see it from the demo video”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.