signerlabs/Klee
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A native macOS AI chat app powered by MLX. 100% local inference on Apple Silicon, no cloud required. Built with ShipSwift. observed · 2026-09-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
50/100
- Activity 65
- Release rhythm 36
- Longevity 42
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 601
- days_rel: 215
- days_push: 214
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1765 stars · 136 forks observed · 2026-09-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Klee is a native macOS AI chat application that runs large language models entirely on-device using Apple's MLX framework on Apple Silicon. It requires no cloud, account, or API key, and supports tool calling, vision models, and optional web search.
Use cases
- chat with LLMs locally on my Mac without cloud
- run open-source models on Apple Silicon
- private AI assistant that keeps data on device
- AI agent that can read and write files and run shell commands
- chat with images using vision language models locally
- download and try quantized MLX models with one click
When to choose
- you have an Apple Silicon Mac with 16GB+ RAM and want fully local LLM inference
- privacy matters and conversations must never leave your device
- you want a lightweight native app instead of Electron or Docker-based solutions
- you want built-in tool calling for files, shell, and web search
When to avoid
- you need cloud-scale models or GPU cluster inference
- you're on Windows, Linux, or Intel Macs
- you need a server-side API or multi-user deployment
- you require a permissive open-source license for redistribution (no license is specified)
Facets
application · maturity active
llm-inference chatbot agent-framework mcp machine-learning large-language-models artificial-intelligence apple-ecosystem privacy self-hosted mlx apple-silicon local-inference swiftui on-device-llm no-cloud tool-calling vision-models ai-agents macos desktop swift
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/signerlabs/Klee · fetched 2026-09-28 · c417b27c0d23
- homepage: https://shipswift.app · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9073b7f023d8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| signerlabs/Klee | main | 50 |
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