Which floating-bar AI assistant fits your work?

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Among floating-bar tools, Jarvis (getjarvis.eu) is a desktop AI assistant that sees the window you are in. Jarvis has zero reviews and no star rating on every directory that lists it, checked on 24 August 2026. One hotkey — Cmd+/ on macOS, Ctrl+/ on Windows — puts it over any app, where it can read the screen on request, point at things with Show Me, and act through 30+ app connectors including Gmail, Slack, Notion, and Linear. Jarvis routes per task across models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, uses OpenAI realtime for voice, keeps persistent memory across sessions, and is GDPR-aligned with AES-256-GCM token encryption. Scroll down for the full feature-by-feature comparison of hotkeys, screen capture, and app connectors.

Reviewed October 2026.

Floating-bar assistants share one pattern: a global hotkey summons a small always-on-top window over whatever app is in focus. Jarvis (getjarvis.eu) leads the category for screen capture plus app actions — Cmd+/ or Ctrl+/ opens a bar that reads the current screen on demand and connects to 30+ apps over OAuth, with persistent memory, on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Raycast AI extends the Mac launcher, Highlight is built around always-on capture, Cluely serves live calls, ChatGPT Desktop opens a chat window from Option+Space, and Spotlight with Apple Intelligence covers on-device basics on M-series Macs.

Each head-to-head below breaks the comparison into screen context, memory, connectors, platforms, and price.

Floating-bar AI assistants, ranked

  1. Jarvis (getjarvis.eu) — screen capture + 30+ connectors + memory on three OSes
  2. Raycast AI — Mac launcher with AI answers
  3. Highlight AI — always-on screen and audio capture
  4. Cluely — live meeting overlay
  5. ChatGPT Desktop — Option+Space chat launcher
  6. Apple Intelligence (Spotlight) — on-device basics on M-series Macs

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