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Elephas

Liberation Softwares LLP · Beta macOS app for working with your documents and writing across apps, with local indexing, sensitive-data redaction, and offline or cloud AI options.

CaskWriting & NotesApple silicon · Intel
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30-day installs0#2366 in App
1-year installs5Last 365 days
Latest version12.0001Jul 30 · Jul 30
Download size91MBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg
Release cadenceWeekly0 releases in 30 days

Elephas is a Writing & Notes app for Mac. It needs macOS 13 or later.

About

Elephas is a Mac app for working with your own documents and writing in other apps. This Homebrew cask installs the beta build. Elephas describes a local-first approach: your documents are indexed on your Mac, and sensitive information can be detected and redacted before content is sent to a cloud AI model.

  • Work with personal documents: Create focused workspaces called Super Brains from documents and notes, then search, summarize, or ask questions grounded in your files. The site lists formats and sources including PDFs, Word, Excel, Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian, Zoom transcripts, and Markdown.
  • Choose where AI runs: Use offline mode with a local model, built-in cloud AI, or your own API key. Local models are optional for cloud use.
  • Write across Mac apps: Super Command can summarize, rewrite, translate, fix grammar, and run custom commands called Snippets from other apps using a keyboard shortcut.
  • Redact sensitive information: Elephas says it detects and redacts sensitive data on-device before cloud requests.

Install with brew install --cask 'elephas@beta'. Requires macOS 13 or later. This cask conflicts with the separate elephas cask, so they cannot be installed together. The cask installs Elephas.app in /Applications.

Official Elephas website · Homebrew cask details

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Install and uninstall

Homebrew installs the app in your Applications folder.

Install without Homebrew

Download the same file Homebrew uses: assets.elephas.app/Elephas_beta.dmg

Uninstall command
$ brew uninstall --cask \elephas@beta

A regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.

Deep clean (optional)
$ brew uninstall --zap --cask \elephas@beta

--zap also deletes the settings, caches and other files listed in the Homebrew definition. They can include data shared with other apps and cannot be restored, and it does not guarantee that nothing is left.See which files are removed

Facts and sources

Version 12.0001
Recorded by Homebrew on Jul 30

Questions

Is Elephas safe?

Elephas is in Homebrew’s official catalog and has not been disabled. Since September 2026, Homebrew disables apps that fail macOS Gatekeeper checks. The download comes from assets.elephas.app; Homebrew does not verify a checksum for it.

How do I completely uninstall Elephas on a Mac?

Run brew uninstall --cask elephas@beta. To delete its settings and caches as well, run brew uninstall --zap --cask elephas@beta. That also deletes 4 files and folders, including ~/Library/Application Support/Elephas.

Does Elephas run on Apple silicon (M1 and later) Macs?

Homebrew installs it on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs, from the same download. It needs macOS 13 or later.

Where does Elephas store its settings and data?

Its settings are in ~/Library/Preferences/com.kamban.elephas.plist. Its data is in ~/Library/Application Support/Elephas. These locations come from Homebrew’s clean-up list.

What is the latest version of Elephas?

The latest version is 12.0001, added to Homebrew on Jul 30. Run brew upgrade --cask elephas@beta to update it.