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jundot/omlx

LLM inference server with continuous batching & SSD caching for Apple Silicon — managed from the macOS menu bar

Updated
2026-09-06
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-13
History
1 history point
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,305 open
Forks
1,830
Commits
2,549 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Arthur-Ficial/apfel

The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-05
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-03-24
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
10 open
Forks
244
Commits
583 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Blaizzy/mlx-vlm

MLX-VLM is a package for inference and fine-tuning of Vision Language Models (VLMs) on your Mac using MLX.

Updated
2026-09-04
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2024-04-16
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
163 open
Forks
761
Commits
1,419 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
ThatGuySam/doesitarm

🦾 A list of reported app support for Apple Silicon as well as Apple M4 and M3 Ultra Macs

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-26
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2020-09-16
History
8 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
125 open
Forks
215
Commits
2,990 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
raullenchai/Rapid-MLX

The fastest local AI engine for Apple Silicon. 4.2x faster than Ollama, 0.08s cached TTFT, 100% tool calling. 17 tool parsers, prompt cache, reasoning separation, cloud routing. Drop-in OpenAI replacement. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Aider.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-08
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2025-12-06
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
55 open
Forks
415
Commits
2,359 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
widelands/widelands

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

Updated
2026-09-12
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2002-02-05
History
8 history points
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
568 open
Forks
210
Commits
27,317 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
TypeWhisper/typewhisper-mac

Local speech-to-text for macOS on-device AI, fully private, optional cloud

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-14
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-12
History
8 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
70 open
Forks
121
Commits
1,076 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
AtomicBot-ai/Atomic-Chat

Local AI app and inference engine for agents. Run open-weight LLMs locally — private, 100% offline on your computer. Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/8wGSsvmg4V

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-11
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2023-08-17
History
8 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
23 open
Forks
136
Commits
8,541 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
J-x-Z/cocoa-way

Run Linux desktops and apps on macOS with a native Metal Wayland compositor, Apple Container GUI, Waypipe, Docker/OrbStack, and rootless windows.

Updated
2026-07-18
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-12-13
History
8 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
2 open
Forks
19
Commits
51 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
arcships/light-ocr

Fast, offline OCR for Node.js & C++. PP-OCRv6 with Core ML / WebGPU hardware acceleration — recognize text in images with confidence scores & coordinates. npm: @arcships/light-ocr

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-05
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-07-14
History
2 history points
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
2 open
Forks
41
Commits
145 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
frankea/Whisky

Active community fork of the archived whisky-app/whisky — a modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI

Updated
2026-08-07
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2023-03-23
History
8 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
9 open
Forks
25
Commits
953 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
defilantech/LLMKube

Kubernetes operator for self-hosted LLM inference across a heterogeneous GPU fleet: NVIDIA CUDA, AMD Vulkan, and Apple Silicon Metal. Runtimes: llama.cpp, vLLM, TGI, mlx-server. Multi-GPU sharding, model caching, OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Apache-2.0, run across homelab and on-prem fleets, actively developed.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-23
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2025-11-17
History
7 history points
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
109 open
Forks
30
Commits
976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
achiya-automation/safari-mcp

Native Safari browser automation for AI agents. 80 tools via AppleScript — zero overhead, keeps logins, runs silently in background. Drop-in alternative to Chrome DevTools MCP with 40-60% less CPU/heat on Apple Silicon.

Updated
2026-08-09
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-03-18
History
9 history points
License
MIT
Issues
13 open
Forks
21
Commits
351 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Mcourtyard/m-courtyard

M-Courtyard: Local AI Model Fine-tuning Assistant for Apple Silicon. Zero-code, zero-cloud, privacy-first desktop app powered by Tauri + React + mlx-lm.

Updated
2026-07-11
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-02-12
History
10 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
1 open
Forks
14
Commits
64 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
dutkiewiczmaciej/MakLock

Free, open-source macOS app that locks applications with Touch ID, Apple Watch, and trusted Wi-Fi. The only open-source app locker for macOS.

Updated
2026-04-16
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-19
History
8 history points
License
MIT
Issues
20 open
Forks
8
Commits
98 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
momenbasel/ConsoleMini

Turn a Mac mini into a living-room retro/PS console - beautiful big-picture launcher (Electron + React)

Updated
2026-07-18
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-22
History
8 history points
License
MIT
Issues
3 open
Forks
0
Commits
14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
kdcokenny/OpenDictation

Mac-native dictation that just works – lives in the notch, zero setup, free forever

AI dev
Updated
2026-06-19
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2025-12-10
History
8 history points
License
MIT
Issues
1 open
Forks
4
Commits
93 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
larryxiao/openquack

Voice dictation menu-bar app for macOS. Press a hotkey, speak, transcript appears at the cursor. Whisper runs locally via WhisperKit on Apple Silicon — no audio, text, or telemetry leaves your Mac. MIT, Swift.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-23
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-05
History
8 history points
License
MIT
Issues
12 open
Forks
6
Commits
222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history