raullenchai/Rapid-MLX
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Rapid-MLX is an open-source (Apache 2.0) OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible LLM inference server and Mac app for Apple Silicon, built on MLX, focused on reliable tool calling for coding agents. Release-gated with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Aider, Hermes and DeepSeek Harness.
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<img width="2400" height="1000" alt="Rapid-MLX — OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible LLM inference server and Mac app for Apple Silicon" src="docs/assets/readme-banner.png" /> <p align="center"> <strong>Rapid-MLX is an open-source (Apache 2.0) OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible LLM inference server and Mac app for Apple Silicon, built on MLX, focused on reliable tool calling for coding agents.</strong> <br> <em>Measured: 3.0× Ollama's aggregate decode throughput at 8 concurrent streams on Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (M2 Pro) — <a href="https://rapidmlx.com/blog/rapid-mlx-vs-ollama-benchmark">method, raw data, and where it is slower</a>.</em> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://pypi.org/project/rapid-mlx/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/rapid-mlx?color=blue&label=PyPI" alt="PyPI"></a> <a href="https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rapid-mlx"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Homebrew-core-orange?logo=homebrew" alt="Homebrew core"></a> <a href="https://www.python.org/downloads/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10+-blue.svg" alt="Python 3.10+"></a> <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211814"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Apple_Silicon-M1%20|%20M2%20|%20M3%20|%20M4-black.svg?logo=apple" alt="Apple Silicon"></a> <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache_2.0-blue.svg" alt="License"></a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/raullenchai/Rapid-MLX/actions/workflows/ci.yml"><img src="https://github.com/raullenchai/Rapid-MLX/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg" alt="CI"></a> <a href="https://github.com/raullenchai/Rapid-MLX/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/raullenchai/Rapid-MLX?style=social" alt="GitHub stars"></a> <a href="https://github.com/raullenchai/Rapid-MLX/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/raullenchai/Rapid-MLX?color=orange" alt="Contributors"></a>