# Nativ: Run AI models locally on your Mac

> Source: <https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/21/nativ/#atom-everything>
> Published: 2026-07-21 14:22:27+00:00

[Nativ: Run AI models locally on your Mac](https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/)

I'm really excited about his new project, which wraps MLX in a full macOS desktop application. It's similar in shape to LM Studio, providing both a chat interface and a localhost API server for accessing models.

The app picked up MLX models I had already tried that were present in my Hugging Face cache directory, which was a nice touch.

Via [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982681)

Tags: [macos](https://simonwillison.net/tags/macos), [python](https://simonwillison.net/tags/python), [ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai), [generative-ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai), [local-llms](https://simonwillison.net/tags/local-llms), [llms](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms), [mlx](https://simonwillison.net/tags/mlx), [prince-canuma](https://simonwillison.net/tags/prince-canuma)