Vehla

Vehla is a native command center application designed for macOS, providing a unified palette that enables users to control various aspects of their Mac using a global hotkey or menu-bar access. The tool integrates AI-powered features directly into the Mac environment, allowing for app launching, file searching, clipboard management, note-taking, and workflow automation—all accessible without leaving the keyboard. Vehla is tailored for users seeking to streamline productivity and centralize routine actions, leveraging both local and cloud-based AI models.

Key features include the ability to launch applications, search for files, manage and search clipboard history, generate QR codes, capture and edit Markdown notes, and interact with notes and clipboard content through AI-powered chat. Vehla also allows users to kill ports, toggle Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, run Shortcuts, manage Homebrew packages, arrange window layouts, and import Packs. Its smart clipboard offers instant search, preview, pinning, optical character recognition (OCR) for images, formatting cleanup, and extraction of links and to-dos. The Shelf feature provides temporary file storage by letting users park files outside Finder windows and drag them into other applications as needed.

The platform supports a range of AI and productivity actions, such as summarizing or explaining text, composing and rewriting content, translating between English, Spanish, and Japanese, generating shell commands from natural language, refactoring or translating code, and crafting social media posts or email replies. Vehla is compatible with multiple AI providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Ollama, and supports running Gemma 4 and MLX models locally on Apple Silicon Macs. Users can switch between local and cloud AI models within the app.

6 or later) and is optimized for Apple Silicon devices. The licensing model is a one-time purchase that covers use on up to two Macs. The app’s design emphasizes keeping essential controls visible while allowing users to tuck away less frequently used menu bar items, and it offers quick access to utilities like color pickers, symbol search, and a scratchpad for calculations.