Simon Willison highlights Nativ, a new macOS desktop application by Prince Canuma that wraps the MLX framework for running local AI models. Similar to LM Studio, it offers a chat interface and a localhost API server, while automatically detecting models cached from Hugging Face.
Background
The rise of efficient local inference frameworks like Apple's MLX has enabled developers to run large language models directly on consumer hardware without cloud dependencies.
- Source
- Simon Willison
- Published
- Jul 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10