nativ

(★ 1,277)

Local AI, native to your Mac. Chat, serve, monitor, and connect MLX models from one macOS app.

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- - settings-appearance-dark.png
  - settings-appearance-light.png
  - settings-appearance-system.png
  - system-monitor-overview.png
  - system-monitor-sensors.png
- - dev-build.yml
  - pages.yml
  - release.yml
  - verify-mcp-catalog.yml
- AudioExtension-Info.plist
- Nativ-Info.plist
- Nativ.entitlements
- Nativ_Developer_ID.provisionprofile.base64
- Signing.xcconfig
- AppIcon.svg
- MenuBarIcon.svg
- NativBanner.png
- NativFullscreenSidebar.png
- - extensions.md
  - kits.md
  - mcp-catalog.md
- - chat.md
  - developer.md
  - integrations.md
  - models.md
  - routines.md
  - voice.md
- README.md
- - Manifest.json
- - contents.xcworkspacedata
- project.pbxproj
- - mlx_vlm_server_launcher.c
- - nativ_server.py
- - mlx-vlm-server-macos-arm64.txt
- - build_mlx_vlm_server.py
  - build_xcode_framework_resource.py
  - generate_image_model_manifest.py
- archive_macos_release.sh
- capture_download_history.mjs
- generate_macos_appcast.sh
- install_github_mcp_server.sh
- notarize_macos_release.sh
- open_macos_debug.sh
- package_macos_dmg.sh
- release_macos.sh
- run_metrics_queries.py
- sign_macos_debug.sh
- sign_macos_release.sh
- verify_macos_appcast.sh
- verify_mcp_catalog.py
- - AppDelegate.swift
  - Main.swift
  - NativModel.swift
  - NativSettings.swift
  - NotificationAppIcon.icns
  - SoftwareUpdater.swift
  - TextShimmerWave.swift
  - WelcomeView.swift
- - NativExtensionManifest.swift
  - NativExtensionMessaging.swift
- - MCPClient.swift
  - MCPServerConfig.swift
  - NativAudioClient.swift
  - NativChatClient.swift
  - NativEmbeddingsClient.swift
  - NativImageClient.swift
  - NativServerKit.swift
- chinese-chat-input.jpg
- japanese-chat-input.jpg
- - AudioTests.swift
  - ChatAttachmentValidatorTests.swift
  - ChatConversationBranchTests.swift
  - ChatDocumentContextBuilderTests.swift
  - ChatToolRegistryTests.swift
  - ChatViewModelTests.swift
  - ChatWebReadToolTests.swift
  - ChatWebSearchToolTests.swift
  - CustomToolTests.swift
  - GitHubOAuthTests.swift
  - HuggingFaceCacheTests.swift
  - HuggingFaceCuratedModelLoaderTests.swift
  - HuggingFaceModelReadmeTests.swift
  - IntegrationServicesTests.swift
  - LocalModelDiscoveryTests.swift
  - LocalModelProviderTests.swift
  - MarkdownFormattingTests.swift
  - MCPServerCatalogTests.swift
  - MLXImageModelResolverTests.swift
  - ModelPrimaryTaskResolverTests.swift
  - NativExtensionTests.swift
  - NativNotificationTests.swift
  - NativSettingsTests.swift
  - PDFDocumentTextExtractorTests.swift
  - ScheduledCapabilityTests.swift
  - ScheduledTaskChatLinkerTests.swift
  - ShellEnvironmentTests.swift
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- - download-history.json
- .nojekyll
- 404.html
- downloads.html
- downloads.js
- index.html
- script.js
- styles.css
.gitignore
LICENSE
Makefile
project.yml
README.md

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd nativ

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended

Prerequisites

Homebrew A package manager for macOS/Linux.

brew install xcodegen

Installs the pre-built package via Homebrew — no source build required.

✅ After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Make

Medium

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).

make xcode-generate