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Saturday, 15th February 2025

Run LLMs on macOS using llm-mlx and Apple’s MLX framework

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llm-mlx is a brand new plugin for my LLM Python Library and CLI utility which builds on top of Apple’s excellent MLX array framework library and mlx-lm package. If you’re a terminal user or Python developer with a Mac this may be the new easiest way to start exploring local Large Language Models.

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[...] if your situation allows it, always try uv first. Then fall back on something else if that doesn’t work out.

It is the Pareto solution because it's easier than trying to figure out what you should do and you will rarely regret it. Indeed, the cost of moving to and from it is low, but the value it delivers is quite high.

Kevin Samuel, Bite code!

# 8:10 pm / uv, astral, python

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