ARISE is a gamified, autonomous macOS AI system designed to structure your daily life. Acting as a persistent "System", it tracks your stats, issues daily quests across multiple domains (Career, Physical, Emotional), analyses your shadow journal, and offers a beautiful, frictionless voice HUD powered by Google Gemini.
Designed for peak productivity and gamification, ARISE helps you level up in real life.
- Activable anytime via
⌥ + Space. - Powered by
gemini-2.0-flashfor high-speed, sub-second reasoning. - Real-time sentence-by-sentence TTS (Text-to-Speech) using Apple's premium
AVSpeechSynthesizer. - Glassmorphic floating pill design that sits unobtrusively on your screen.
- Procedurally generated, stat-tailored quests.
- Domains: Career (INT), Physical (STR/STA), Emotional (SENSE).
- Track streaks, miss penalties, and dynamic leveling.
- Give the system a research topic.
- ARISE will run a live web search to build a deep structural summary.
- The system tests your mastery via dynamically generated quizzes.
- Let out your frustrations. The system analyzes your emotional state.
- Stores historical journals, identifies
Mood/Intensity, and triggers proactive systemic responses built on empathetic prompts.
| Layer | Technology | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Swift 5.9 / macOS 13+ |
Native performance and system integration. |
| UI Framework | SwiftUI |
Translucent HUDs, visual effects, reactive data binding. |
| Database | SQLite 3 via GRDB.swift |
Local-first persistence. Strict, schema-based state management. |
| AI LLM | Google Gemini API |
Reasoning, JSON enforcement, web-search grounding. |
| Audio | AVFoundation |
Voice capture (Whisper STT mock structure) & synthesized TTS. |
- macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later.
- Swift Package Manager (
swift build). - Ensure you have a Google Gemini API Key. (You can save it in the App Settings safely into macOS Keychain).
# Clone the repository
$ git clone https://github.com/your-username/ARISE.git
$ cd ARISE
# Build and execute the system silently
$ swift run ARISE > /dev/null 2>&1 &Note: ARISE operates as a menu-bar agent. You will not see a bouncing dock icon. Look for the
⌇(waveform) icon in your top-right menu bar.
- Open the Dashboard via the menu bar icon.
- Click the Settings Gear (
⚙️) in the top right. - Under Data Operations, click System Reawakening (Factory Reset). This will securely wipe your SQLite store and prompt the new-user Onboarding flow.
The SettingsView gives you absolute control over the system:
- Keys: Link your personal Gemini API key.
- Voice Output: Mute or unmute TTS responses globally.
- Data Extractor: Export your entire unencrypted journal and quest history purely as JSON format for personal backups.
“Do you accept this quest, Hunter?”