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I built a tiny macOS tool to stop opening ChatGPT 10 times a day

Hey everyone,

I’m a Spanish product designer working in English every day.

Even though I’m comfortable in English, I kept opening ChatGPT multiple times a day just to:

  • translate one sentence
  • fix grammar
  • slightly rewrite something

Individually it felt trivial.
But the constant tab switching was breaking my flow.

So I built a very small macOS menu bar tool for myself.

You select text → press a shortcut → it replaces it instantly (translate, fix grammar, etc.). No new tabs. No copy-paste.

I kept it BYOK (bring your own API key) so I don’t deal with usage costs.

I launched it a few days ago.

So far:

  • 7 paid users
  • Some good feedback
  • A few requests for more languages

It’s small. Very small. But if you want to take a look here is the link :)

https://translite.app/

Would love honest feedback.

on March 1, 2026