Top APPLE-SILICON GitHub Repositories & Tools (2026)

Native MLX runtime for Laya typed decision models — 7–14 ms short decisions on M3 Max. No text generation, PyTorch, or cloud API.

Local Laya typed decisions on Apple Core ML and Neural Engine. Validated ports, ~5 ms short decisions on M3 Max, reproducible speed and energy benchmarks.

Run Omarchy on MacOS without any setup.

Local computer use on Apple silicon: on-device typed decisions with laya and form filling with CUA-S1-FORMS, driven through the macOS Accessibility API

A local inference engine for Apple silicon, built around the model.

Run Windows games on Apple Silicon — free, open source, with an open compatibility database that tells you what actually works.

Every display control macOS hides, in one menu bar app: sharp HiDPI/Retina scaling (no more blurry or tiny text), DDC brightness and volume, Extra Brightness past 100%, presets, virtual displays. Free and open source, a no-cost alternative to BetterDisplay and Lunar.

A diagnostic performance logging utility for macOS: logs CPU, memory, GPU, network, and battery from the menu bar to help detect and diagnose performance issues. Free, open source, no telemetry.

Muesli: agent-native local meeting transcription + dictation for macOS (Granola + WisprFlow alternative)

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.

Free, open-source fan control for Apple Silicon Macs (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5). Menu bar app + CLI. Alternative to Macs Fan Control, TG Pro, AlDente.

Run a 105 GB AI model on a Mac that can't hold it. Slotstream streams Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (125B mixture of experts) from your SSD and caches the busiest experts in memory, so it runs on Macs with 16 to 64 GB. One native Swift binary on MLX and Metal, no Python, offline. Works with Claude Code, Codex and Ollama or OpenAI clients.

LLM inference server with continuous batching & SSD caching for Apple Silicon — managed from the macOS menu bar

MLX-VLM is a package for inference and fine-tuning of Vision Language Models (VLMs) on your Mac using MLX.

chad: a coding agent for your macbook pro

The all-in-one bootable USB creator for Mac

Vocello: a local, private voice studio for Apple Silicon. Write a script, pick or describe a voice, and generate speech on-device, faster than realtime on an 8 GB M2 Mac mini. Native Swift + MLX, no Python. Mac app out now, iPhone beta on TestFlight. (Formerly QwenVoice.)

'afm' command cli: macOS server and single prompt mode that exposes Apple's Foundation and MLX Models and other APIs running on your Mac through a single aggregated OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. Supports Apple Vision and single command (non-server) inference with piping as well . Now with Web Browser and local AI API aggregator

Open-source RDP, SSH, SFTP and port forwarding client for macOS