RecallRLM is a macOS menubar app that lets you ask questions about your iMessage history using AI. Your messages stay on your Mac—only your queries are sent to the LLM.
Version · Requires macOS 26 Tahoe
You asked:
"What restaurant did Sarah recommend last month?"
RecallRLM:
Sarah recommended Flour + Water in the Mission on January 12th. She said "their pasta is incredible, especially the tajarin."
Found in conversation with Sarah Chen
Your message database never leaves your Mac. Only your search queries are sent to the AI for processing.
Ask questions in plain English. Find that address, recipe, or recommendation without keyword searches.
Lives in your menubar. One click to search your entire message history.
RecallRLM uses ModelRelay for AI processing. You'll need an API key to use the app.
The app will prompt you to enter your API key on first launch.
Get a ModelRelay API key
Sign up at modelrelay.ai and create an API key
Download and install
Unzip and move RecallRLM.app to your Applications folder
Launch and enter your API key
Open RecallRLM from Applications—it will prompt you for your API key on first launch
Grant Full Disk Access
System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access → Enable RecallRLM
Start chatting
Click the menubar icon and ask anything about your messages
Your message database stays on your Mac and is never uploaded. When you ask a question, RecallRLM sends your query and relevant message excerpts to ModelRelay for AI processing. The AI response is streamed back to your Mac.
Apple protects the Messages database (chat.db) with Full Disk Access permissions. RecallRLM needs this to read your message history.
ModelRelay is an LLM API service that RecallRLM uses to process your queries. You'll need to create an account and get an API key to use RecallRLM.
RecallRLM requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later, and works on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Click the menubar icon and select "Settings" to update your API key at any time.