Nativ: Run AI models locally on your Mac

Nativ is a macOS desktop application created by Prince Canuma that allows users to run artificial intelligence models locally on their Mac computers. The developer previously built the MLX-VLM Python library, which runs vision language models using Apple's MLX framework.

The new application functions similarly to LM Studio by offering two main features. It includes a user-friendly chat interface for interacting directly with models and a localhost application programming interface server that provides external access to the models.

A notable feature of the software is its ability to automatically detect and utilize existing MLX models that are already stored in the user Hugging Face cache directory, removing the need to re-download files.