Nativ: Run AI models locally on your Mac

This article introduces Nativ, a new macOS desktop application developed by Prince Canuma, creator of the MLX-VLM Python library. Nativ wraps MLX in a full desktop app, similar to LM Studio, allowing users to run AI models locally on their Mac. It features a chat interface and a localhost API server for accessing models. The app can detect and use MLX models already present in the user's Hugging Face cache directory, enhancing convenience. The article highlights Nativ as an exciting tool for running vision-LLMs and other AI models locally, emphasizing its ease of use and integration with existing model caches.