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Qelvora - Local spell checker and Discord OCR for macOS

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Correct selected text locally.<br>Rewrite privately with Ollama.<br>Translate drafts on your Mac.

Local-first correction for macOS

Polish text without sending it away.

Qelvora corrects, rewrites, and translates selected text across macOS<br>using your local Ollama models. It is fast, native, and private by default.

Download Qelvora<br>View source

0.1.27<br>Latest notarized build

macOS 14+<br>Native menu bar app

Ollama<br>Local model runtime

Mail draft

Hey Laura, I pushed the update. this sentense need a cleaner correction before we send it.

Selected text

Correction ready

Local result - English detected

Copy

86% right<br>7 words<br>1 correction

This sentence needs a cleaner correction.

this<br>sentense<br>needs a cleaner correction

Signed DMG<br>Notarized<br>Sparkle updates<br>MIT source

Discord-first screen text

Draw a rectangle. Correct or translate the words inside.

Discord's composer and message history do not always behave like a document editor,<br>especially when you need one exact sentence or a quick translation. Built-in selection,<br>spelling, and translation behavior also varies by app, surface, language, and context.<br>Press Qelvora's global shortcut and a precise rectangle follows your mouse.

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Press the shortcut<br>Qelvora immediately opens the screen-area selector over the app in front of you.

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Draw the rectangle<br>Drag around exactly the draft, message, code comment, or visible words you need.

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Process it locally<br>Local OCR reads the area, then your Ollama model corrects or translates the recognized text.

Prefer normal selection? Highlight editable text and use Correct selection from Qelvora's menu bar or macOS Services. Both modes remain available.

Read the Discord workflow &rarr;

Discord<br>Rectangular capture

LM<br>Lea M. Can you check the launch note before the stand-up?

CD<br>Cyril D. Peux-tu envoyer la version corrigee au canal produit avant 14 h ?

Local OCR area

AK<br>Ana K. I will add the final link after review.

Translation ready<br>Can you send the corrected version to the product channel before 2 p.m.?

Ollama local

One rectangular fallback

For visible text across familiar chat and work apps.

Use the same capture path when normal text selection is awkward. Qelvora complements each app's own language tools; it does not claim to replace them.

Discord Discord-first

Slack Team chat

Microsoft Teams Team chat

Notion Workspace

WhatsApp Messaging

Signal Messaging

Telegram Messaging

Qelvora is an independent macOS utility and is not affiliated with these services.

Product demo

See Qelvora clean up text in a real Mac workflow.

Watch the selected-text flow: trigger Qelvora, run the correction locally with Ollama,<br>review the result, and bring the clean version back into your work.

32 second overview<br>Local model workflow<br>Native macOS correction

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Open-model friendly

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Qwen3.6<br>Gemma<br>DeepSeek-V4<br>Kimi K2<br>Z.aiGLM-5.2<br>MiniMax-M2.7<br>TencentHunyuan-A13B<br>ERNIE 4.5<br>01.AIYi-1.5<br>SenseTimeSenseNova<br>Shanghai AI LabInternLM3<br>BaichuanBaichuan2<br>OrionStarOrion-14B

Local spell checker

A local spell checker and grammar checker powered by local LLMs.

Local spell checker<br>Correct spelling and grammar in selected macOS text with Ollama models running locally.

Read the guide

Local grammar checker<br>Improve tone, clarity, grammar, and short rewrites without opening a cloud writing editor.

See grammar workflow

Correcteur orthographique local<br>Qelvora also targets the French search: correcteur orthographique local avec LLM local.

Open keyword page

Trusted local stack

Built on tools developers already trust.

Ollama

Swift

GitHub

Xcode

macOS

Cloudflare Pages

Why Qelvora

A local LLM correction layer designed for actual Mac workflows.

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Works where you write

Use Qelvora from browsers, notes, editors, chat apps, and other macOS surfaces.

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Local by design

Your selected text is corrected by a local LLM through Ollama on your Mac, not by a hosted writing service.

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Built for difficult apps

Services, clipboard, Accessibility, and OCR fallback help capture text reliably.

Correct customer replies locally.<br>Rewrite sensitive drafts on-device.<br>Keep support notes inside your workflow.

Recommended for

A serious writing utility for sensitive workflows.

Founders and operators<br>Clean customer replies, investor updates, and internal notes without moving drafts into a hosted editor.

Developers and builders<br>Keep GitHub issues, support answers, and release notes polished while staying inside your local tools.

Privacy-first teams<br>Use local Ollama models when a cloud correction service is not appropriate for the text in front of you.

Workflow

Frame or select. Correct. Use.

Choose your capture mode

Press the global shortcut for a mouse-drawn...

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