Ari
Lightweight and private local AI launcher for the macOS menu bar
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At a glance
- Primary use case
- Lightweight and private local AI launcher for the macOS menu bar
- Best for
- Developer Tools — LLM, AI
- Stack
- macOS, MLX, python, swift
- License
- MIT
- Maintenance
- 1 month ago
- Access
- Open source · Self-hosted
About this tool
Ari is a lightweight open source AI launcher for macOS that lives in the menu bar. It runs local language models on device using MLX, providing private and instant AI access without background services or cloud dependencies.
Repository
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MIT
1 month ago
Features
- Executes large language models locally using the Apple MLX framework.
- Provides a non intrusive menu bar interface with a tiny memory footprint.
- Enables seamless model downloads and management from Hugging Face.
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