FlowDown
A native AI chat client for Mac, iPhone and iPad that works with local MLX models or OpenAI-compatible providers.GetAGPL-3.0
Nativ
A Mac workspace for chatting with, serving and monitoring local MLX models on Apple silicon.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- Blaizzy
- Verified
- 2026
About Nativ
Nativ wraps the mlx-vlm inference server in a Mac app for running models on Apple silicon. It picks up MLX models already in your Hugging Face cache, downloads new ones with memory-fit warnings, and offers chat with image attachments, local image generation and a voice-dictation extension.
The same server is exposed through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, and the app can configure terminal coding agents and editors to use it. Usage analytics, a live CPU, GPU and memory monitor, MCP server connections and scheduled prompts round it out, with server controls and stats in the menu bar.
Information
- Source code
- Blaizzy/nativ
- License
- MIT
- Website
- blaizzy.github.io
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- AI
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/Blaizzy/nativ
- github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/releases
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/nativ
- blaizzy.github.io/nativ/
- icon.png: Prince Canuma and Nativ contributors. MIT repository asset; Nativ name and logo retained by the project.
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