$ vishctl get notes -l topic=apple-silicon

#apple-silicon

3 notes

Pixel art MacBook connected to terminal, server, and management panels beside a llama under a night sky

oMLX vs Ollama vs vMLX vs MLX-LM: Local LLMs on Apple Silicon

My local LLM picks for Apple Silicon: oMLX first, Ollama second, vMLX third, and official MLX-LM fourth. Setup commands and the benefits of each.

Pixel art terminal and build gear connected to a chip containing a llama

Running llama.cpp on a 32 GB MacBook Air: A Direct Comparison with Ollama

Compile llama.cpp with Metal support on Apple Silicon, serve local GGUF models, and benchmark prompt eval and generation speeds head-to-head against Ollama.

Pixel art laptop running a local llama model, with a download arrow and answer bubble

Running Ollama on a 32 GB MacBook Air: A Practical First Setup

Install Ollama, pull and run local models, and call the local API on a 32 GB Apple-silicon MacBook Air.