signerlabs/Klee

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1762 stars · 135 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

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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

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