mlx-serve

Native LLM inference server for Apple Silicon. OpenAI + Anthropic API compatible. No Python. Includes MLX Core macOS app with chat, agent mode, and tool calling. (by ddalcu)

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ddalcu/mlx-serve is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.

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