Simon Willison • 7/21/2026

Nativ: Run AI models locally on your Mac

This article introduces Nativ, a new macOS desktop application by developer Prince Canuma that wraps MLX, enabling users to run AI models locally on their Mac. Similar to LM Studio, Nativ provides both a chat interface and a localhost API server for accessing models. It also detects and uses MLX models already present in the user's Hugging Face cache directory, enhancing convenience. The article highlights the app's potential for running vision-LLMs and other AI models locally, emphasizing privacy and offline capabilities.

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#ai #Maco #Local Inference