Edyt went live this morning: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
It's a Mac and Windows app (Linux will come). You select text anywhere, press a shortcut, pick rewrite or explain or one of your own prompts, and the result replaces the selection. If the text can't be selected, like a PDF or a screenshot, you hold Option or Alt and drag over it instead.
Most AI tools come with a boundary: their own window, the browser only, one app, or one operating system. Step outside it and you're back to copying text into a chat and pasting the answer back. That's what I wanted to get rid of.
One thing I keep going back and forth on. Right now a prompt only sees the text you selected. I could let prompts call MCP servers, so you select a customer name and a prompt pulls their last three tickets, or select a sentence in a spec and it checks it against your Linear issues.
I'm not sure people would set that up for a text tool. If you already run MCP servers for something, what would you point a selected-text prompt at?
Hi Product Hunt, I'm Ahmad, and I built Edyt.
Edyt puts AI on any text you select, in any app, on Mac and Windows. Ubuntu is next.
What the toolbar does:
Rewrite keeps your tone. It follows your own instructions, not a dropdown of three styles.
Explain and Translate, as deep or as short as you ask.
Your saved prompts, one keystroke away in every app, on any OS.
Alternatives shows several ways to say it. Pick one.
Screen reading handles what you can't select. Hold Option (or Alt) and drag over a PDF, a screenshot, or a shared screen, and the text is read on your device.
Your prompts and settings live on your account. Sign in on another machine and Edyt sounds like you there too.
The free plan is enough for most people: about 130 quick edits a day, no credit card. If you need more, PRODUCTHUNT takes 40% off the first year of Pro.
Selected text is sent securely for processing and never stored. Screen reading never leaves your computer.
Try it on one sentence you don't like. That is the fastest way to get it.
I'm here all day for questions.
@ahandani the saved prompts working across different apps is a nice touch and also being the able to use ai directly in any app sounds really useful.
Congratulations on the launch 👏 👏 👏
@amrita_prajapati2 Thank you!
@ahandani This looks really useful. Love the idea of having AI work across any app. 🔥
@jaydip_patel_83 Thank you very much!
Mantra Timer
@ahandani - interesting concept, how does it compare to and does it work well alongside Apple Intelligence. Best of luck with the launch today
@codeandsea
Thanks! Fair question.
Biggest difference is tone. Writing Tools gives you a few fixed styles. In Edyt you write the instruction yourself, once, in plain words, and it stays yours. Save as many as you like, run any of them with a keystroke in any app. So it sounds like you, not like a preset.
Then there's what it covers. Explain with follow-up questions, proofread that shows each fix before applying it, translate, and alternatives when the first rewrite is close but not quite right. And it works on text you can't select, like a PDF or a screenshot, by dragging over it.
Works on Windows too, same prompts on both.
Mantra Timer
@ahandani Awesome, thanks for the clarification
This is a real time saver for me; having my own prompt pre-defined and ready to be applied to any selected text is an amazing feature. The free plan is generous!
@mahmoudinasab Thanks, that made my morning. The saved prompts are honestly why I built it, I got tired of retyping the same instruction. Glad the free plan holds up too, I wanted it to be enough for a normal day, not a teaser.
Dash to Cart
love the idea of using AI during a video call to pull out info from a screen share. i always miss stuff because i'm busy taking notes. might give it a shot next call.
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Congrats on launching, Ahmad. Quick question: can you share saved prompts with a teammate, or are they just tied to your own account for now?
@protsenkoalexandra
Thanks! Right now they're tied to your account. They follow you across your own Macs and Windows machines, but you can't share them with someone else yet.
What I've been planning is a public gallery where people post prompts and vote on them, so the good ones rise to the top.
Sharing with a friend or a team directly hadn't really crossed my mind, and it's a great idea. Thanks for that, I'll think about it.
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@ahandani Thanks Ahmad, good to know.
Love the idea of using AI directly on any text, even inside screenshots and PDFs. That makes it feel much more practical for daily use. Congrats on the launch!
@simarmalhi Thanks so much for the support!