maclocal-api

'afm' command cli: macOS server and single prompt mode that exposes Apple's Foundation and MLX Models and other APIs running on your Mac through a single aggregated OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. Supports Apple Vision and single command (non-server) inference with piping as well . Now with Web Browser and local AI API aggregator

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woadwarrior01·Mar 31, 2026

There's a very similar afm CLI that can be installed via Homebrew. https://github.com/scouzi1966/maclocal-api

In Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in preview

scouzi1966·Jan 24, 2026Submission

Show HN: Afm – explore Apple's On device model. Now with WebUI

Just released v0.9.1 of afm, a CLI that exposes Apple's on-device Foundation Models through OpenAI-compatible API endpoints. What's new in v0.9.1 - Built-in Web UI: Links: GitHub: https://github.com/scouzi1966/maclocal-api Release: https://github.com/scouzi1966/maclocal-api/releases/tag/v0.9... You can now run afm -w to start both the API server and a chat web interface in one command. It integrates llama.cpp's webui and auto-opens your browser. No need to set up Open-webui separately if you just want a quick chat interface. afm -w That's it. Browser opens to http://localhost:9999 with a chat UI talking to Apple's on-device 3B model. Other changes: /props endpoint for webui compatibility model field now optional in chat completion requests llama.cpp pinned as a submodule for reproducible builds What afm does: Runs Apple's 3B parameter on-

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device LLM OpenAI-compatible API (/v1/chat/completions, /v1/models) Single-prompt mode: afm -s "your question" Pipe mode: cat file.txt | afm LoRA adapter support for fine-tuned models Vision capabilities (text extraction, table OCR) Works as a backend for Open-webui too Install: brew tap scouzi1966/afm brew install afm Requirements: macOS 26 (Tahoe) Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) Apple Intelligence enabled Questions welcome.

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