A browser with an assistant beside every page.
Rize is Chromium underneath, so your sites and Chrome extensions work as they do in Chrome. Beside every tab is an assistant that reads the page and can use the browser for you, on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already have.
Apple silicon · macOS 13 or later · No account to create
It’s live. Click in to switch tabs, open a folder or ask the assistant, or press ⌘E.
The assistant
Ask about the page. Or hand it the browser.
Press ⌘E and it opens beside the tab you’re on, or press ⌘Return in the address bar to ask straight away. Each tab keeps its own conversation.
It reads what you’re reading
The tab in front goes along as context, shown as a chip you can remove. Type @ to add more tabs, / to run a saved prompt, attach files, or select text and ask about just that.
It can do the clicking
With its browser tools it opens tabs, reads pages, clicks, types and scrolls, using real input events. Whatever it touches flashes, so you can see what it did. ⌘. stops it.
On the plan you already pay for
Connect Claude Pro or Max through Claude Code, or ChatGPT through Codex. There are no API keys to paste and no Rize server in between.
For your own agents
Your agents can use it too.
Rize runs a small MCP server on your Mac, so Claude Code in a terminal, or any MCP client, can work in your open pages with the same tools as the built-in assistant. Turn on Developer mode in Settings and the command is there to copy.
- Listens on
127.0.0.1only. Nothing on the network can reach it. - Needs a token. Turn agent access off, or make a new token, whenever you like.
- Pages can’t tell its clicks from yours, and you see each one as it happens.
$ claude mcp add --transport http rize \ http://127.0.0.1:9230/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <token>" # Copy it from Settings › Developer, token included.
The browser
Everything else, done carefully.
The assistant is the new part. The rest is a fast, quiet browser for people who keep a lot of tabs open.
Tabs down the side
Or across the top, with ⇧⌘S. Pin the tabs you live in, group the rest into folders, and put two side by side in split view.
A profile for each part of your life
Each keeps its own tabs, sign-ins, history and theme. Swipe across the sidebar with two fingers to move between them.
Chrome extensions
Rize is Chromium underneath, so the extensions you use install from the Chrome Web Store and work as they do in Chrome.
Passwords and passkeys
Saved logins go in the macOS Keychain on your Mac, and nowhere else. Passkeys work, with security keys too.
Bring your bookmarks
Import bookmarks and history from Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge or Safari when you set up. The other browser is only read, never changed.
Private windows that keep nothing
Pages, history, tabs and assistant conversations live in memory and are gone when the window closes.
A shortcut for everything
Press ⌘/ to see them all, and change any of them in Settings.
- ⌘K
- Open a site or a command
- ⌘E
- Show the assistant
- ⇧⌘A
- Search open tabs
- ⌥⌘S
- Split view
- ⌘S
- Hide the sidebar
- ⌃→
- Next profile
- ⇧⌘T
- Reopen a closed tab
- ⌥⇧⌘C
- Copy link as Markdown
Themes
41 themes. One for each profile, if you like.
Follow macOS or keep one look. Pick a theme below to try it on the window at the top of the page too.
Privacy
Yours, on this Mac.
Rize has no account of its own, no server of its own, no analytics and no telemetry. What it keeps, it keeps on your Mac.
Data leaves your Mac in three cases:
When you browse
Pages come from the sites you visit, and searches go to the engine you choose. This build of Chromium has none of Google’s services: no Google sign-in, no sync, no usage statistics.
When you ask the assistant
Your message and the page go to Anthropic or OpenAI under your own account, through Claude Code or Codex. It does nothing until you send a message, and it can’t read your history, bookmarks or passwords.
When Rize checks for updates
About once a day, from Rize’s releases on GitHub. An update is installed only if it’s signed with Rize’s key. You can turn automatic checks off.
Questions
Good to know before you download.
Including what Rize can’t do yet.
Which Macs does Rize run on?
Macs with Apple silicon, on macOS 13 or later. Rize updates itself after you install it.
What do I need for the assistant?
A Claude Pro or Max plan with Claude Code installed, or a ChatGPT plan with Codex installed. Rize shows you the one-line install if you don’t have them, and you sign in once. You can connect more than one account.
Does Rize see my conversations?
No. Rize has no AI service of its own. Your messages go from your Mac to Anthropic or OpenAI under your account. Conversations are saved on your Mac, one per tab, and deleted when you close the tab or start a new chat in it.
Will Netflix, Disney+ or Spotify play?
Not in this version. Rize doesn’t have Widevine, the DRM those services need. It also can’t play H.264 video or AAC audio yet, so some sites that only offer MP4 won’t play. Sites that also offer VP9, AV1 or Opus, YouTube among them, play fine.
Does it sync between Macs?
Not yet. Tabs, history, bookmarks, settings, passwords and conversations stay on the Mac they’re on.
Does it warn me about phishing sites?
Not in this version. Rize doesn’t have Safe Browsing yet, so there are no warnings before known phishing or malware sites. Be as careful as you would be with any browser without it.
How do I remove everything?
Quit Rize and delete ~/Library/Application Support/Rize. To remove its saved sign-ins too, delete the ai.rize.browser items in Keychain Access.
Start with the page you’re on.
Open the disk image, drag Rize to Applications, and it keeps itself up to date from there.
Apple silicon · macOS 13 or later