AI chat from off-grid
Send a question from your ZOLEO and get an AI-generated answer back, which is useful when you have no connectivity and a real problem to solve.
Off-Grid Digest, an Amped Innovation Project
Stay reachable when you’re off the grid.
A macOS menubar app that forwards your incoming iMessage/SMS and missed calls to your ZOLEO address, and lets you use AI chat from the backcountry. Bundled, readable, and only during the window you choose.
View on GitHubFree & Open Source
Built for the ZOLEO platform
We build for ZOLEO because we use ZOLEO.
Off-Grid Digest is a free, open-source project we built and maintain for the ZOLEO community. It extends what a ZOLEO device can do without touching the hardware or the service. No accounts, no middleman, and no data leaving your Mac. We are glad to collaborate with the ZOLEO team and with anyone building in this space.
The app
Everything runs from the menu bar.
Off-Grid Digest lives in the macOS menu bar. Set your off-grid window, point it at your ZOLEO email address, add your ZOLEO number, and leave it running. There is no dashboard to sign into and no account to create.
- Toggle forwarding on and off in one click
- Set the start and end of your off-grid window
- Kick a digest immediately when you want to test it
- Live status showing the active window at a glance
Why
Keep your Zoleo number private.
Off-Grid Digest runs on your Mac and monitors your regular Messages and Call History for messages sent to your normal phone number. It bundles them into a single digest and delivers it to your ZOLEO automatically. Your main contacts can still use your ZOLEO number. Everyone else just texts your regular number, and Off-Grid Digest handles the rest.
- Keep your ZOLEO number private for key contacts.
- Runs at home on your Mac with an internet connection.
- Active only during your off-grid window.
- Respects read state and prevents duplicates.
- Simple local config, with no cloud services required.
Architecture
How a message finds you off the grid
Your Mac stays home and does the work. Messages and missed calls arrive through the carrier and iMessage as usual, Off-Grid Digest bundles them, and they reach your ZOLEO as a single email digest.
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Set your off-grid window
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Leave your Mac running at home
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Service watches for new iMessage and missed calls
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Sends a single email digest to your ZOLEO
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Review messages, calls, and AI replies while off-grid
Off-Grid Digest architecture. Select the diagram to open it full size.
Features
Made for real off-grid use
Windowed forwarding
Enable a start and end time so forwarding only runs while you’re away.
Unread, 1-to-1 only
Skips group chats by default to reduce noise and cost on satellite links.
Attachment placeholders
Shows filenames and types so you know what you missed.
Missed calls digest
Appends a list of missed calls, with timestamp and number.
Menu bar control
Toggle enabled, set dates, and edit the forwarding email quickly.
Local & private
Everything runs on your Mac. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.
Privacy
Off-Grid Digest reads your local Messages and Call History databases solely to build the email you send to yourself using your own personal email.
Open Source
The GitHub repository for this project is public and open source. You’re free to clone or fork it, review the code, and run it locally. Please review the README for setup, permissions, and configuration details before using.
github.com/ampedig/off-grid-digestZOLEO is a trademark of its respective owner. Off-Grid Digest is an independent, free, open-source project created by Amped Innovation Group for ZOLEO users and is not an official ZOLEO product.
Building something for the backcountry?
We welcome conversations with the ZOLEO team, retailers, and anyone building tools for off-grid communication.