Arthur-Ficial / apfel
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.
Why this job: says: openai compatible; topics: openai-compatible
What it does
Apple Silicon Macs ship a built-in LLM via Apple FoundationModels. apfel exposes it as a UNIX tool and a local OpenAI-compatible server. 100% on-device. No API keys, no cloud.
Get started
brew install apfel- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 2 days ago
- Stars
- 6,593
- +49 this week
- Licence
- MIT
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- Mac
- From the latest release
- Latest version
- v1.16.0
- Released 35 days ago
- Built with
- Swift
- 69% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- Not stated
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 91% closed
- 23 still open
- Pull requests
- 66 merged
- 17 waiting
- Releases
- 89
- 30+ in the last year
- No contributing guide
- Security policy (opens in new tab)
- No code of conduct
More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Swift 69%
- Python 26%
- Shell 5%
- Makefile 1%
Topics
- apple-intelligence
- apple-silicon
- cli
- foundationmodels
- llm
- macos
- macos-26
- on-device
- swift
- homebrew
- openai-compatible
- tool-calling
Project record
- JobModel gateways
- StatusFeatured
- Commits657
- Forks249
- Watching19
- Stars in 28 days+137
- CreatedMar 24, 2026
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 8, 2026