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Saglitz Studio

A local-first AI studio for image, video, and audio — on your own Mac.

v1.23 · Apple Silicon · Free
2026·Live·macOS·Free

Saglitz Studio generates and edits images, video, and audio entirely on your Apple Silicon Mac. Download the AI models you want and they stay on your machine — private, offline, no account, no subscription. Optionally plug in your own API keys to reach premium cloud models too, paying providers directly with no markup. Built for creators, marketers, and virtual-influencer workflows.

Download .dmg

v1.23 · 10.8 MB · macOS 14 Sonoma+ · Apple Silicon

SHA-256 66781c852915d90e0d62cb7b2ff37d694f2c9d7def7871e13db90b79062ea70f

Open-source engine
Photorealistic freckled studio portrait generated in Saglitz Studio
Made in Saglitz Studio

One-click background removal · drag to compare

Apple photo with its original background
Same apple with the background removed
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Illustration with its original background
Same illustration with the background removed
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Every image here was generated on-device by Saglitz Studio's own engine — drag the last pair to watch the background removed.

Download .dmg

Free · 10.8 MB · macOS 14 Sonoma+

Inside the app

The idea, in three

/ What it does

  • ImageText-to-image with local FLUX, Z-Image, and SDXL models.
  • EditInpaint, outpaint, instruction edits, and a magic eraser on an infinite canvas.
  • BackgroundOne-click AI subject cutout and background replace.
  • PersonaReusable virtual characters with consistent faces via seed lock + LoRA.
  • VideoLocal and cloud text/image-to-video with a timeline, Ken Burns, and reframe.
  • VoiceOn-device text-to-speech, voice cloning, transcription, subtitles, and voiceover.
  • UpscaleSmart-crop social exports and 2x / 4K re-render upscaling.
  • ModelsBrowse, download, and import models and LoRAs — plus in-app LoRA training.

/ Highlights

  • Runs on-device on Apple Silicon — your prompts, models, and outputs never leave your Mac unless you choose a cloud provider.
  • No subscription. Local generation is free; optional cloud models (fal.ai, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Gemini…) run on your own keys at transparent per-call cost.
  • The persona studio keeps a character's face consistent across shots with locked seeds and LoRA — ready for social content packs.
  • One infinite canvas for inpaint, outpaint, background removal, magic-eraser edits, smart-crop social export, and 4K upscaling.
  • Powered by the open-source Saglitz Engine (GPL-3.0) — a local inference server you can read, audit, and self-host.
MCP · Local

Your AI assistant can make images — locally

Saglitz Studio ships a local MCP server, so your AI coding assistant (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client) can create and edit images through your Mac's own engine. Everything runs on your machine: no account, no cloud round-trip, nothing leaves your Mac.

What your assistant can do

  • generate_imageText-to-image with your local models (FLUX, SDXL, Z-Image…).
  • edit_imageEdit an existing image from a prompt.
  • upscale_image2× / 4× upscale.
  • describe_imageCaption or describe an image.
  • list_modelsSee which local models are available.
  • saglitz_statusCheck the engine.

Set up in seconds

  1. 1Open Saglitz Studio.
  2. 2Go to Preferences → Integrations.
  3. 3Click Connect next to your assistant (Claude Desktop, Cursor…).
  4. 4Restart that assistant. Done — it generates images locally.

Prefer to wire it up by hand? Add the server to your client's mcpServers config (replace YOU with your username):

"saglitz": {
  "command": "/Users/YOU/Library/Application Support/SaglitzPhotoStudio/engine/python/bin/python3.11",
  "args": ["/Users/YOU/Library/Application Support/SaglitzPhotoStudio/engine/mcp_server.py"]
}
  • Claude Desktop · ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Cursor · ~/.cursor/mcp.json
  • Claude Code · claude mcp add saglitz

The MCP server is a thin local bridge to the engine on 127.0.0.1 — it loads no models of its own and sends nothing to the internet.

/ Install & run

  1. 1Download and open Saglitz-Studio.dmg.
  2. 2Drag Saglitz Studio into your Applications folder.
  3. 3Launch it — on first run it downloads the AI engine (~530 MB, verified by checksum). No Terminal, no Homebrew, no extra tools.
  4. 4Pick a model, type a prompt, and generate — everything runs on your Mac.

Signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, so it opens with a normal double-click — no right-click workaround, no security warning to click past.

/ Requirements

macOS
macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Chip
Apple Silicon
Version
v1.23
Download size
10.8 MB

/ Guides

Extending a photo past its own edgesWhat outpainting is good for, where the seam gives it away, and why nearly every other tool needs the image uploaded first.

/ Guides

How to hold a facePrompt, seed lock, LoRA, identity adapter — what actually keeps an AI character consistent across shots, and what each method costs you.

/ Privacy

  • Local by default — on-device generation needs no internet and sends nothing off your Mac.
  • Cloud providers are strictly opt-in and use your own API keys; requests go straight to that provider, never through Saglitz.
  • No account, no telemetry, no subscription. Your models and outputs stay in your own folders.