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CLUSTER CHAT-RUNS-APPLE · 16 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-09-12

Local AI chat apps for Apple

This cluster consists of chat applications that run AI models locally on Apple devices, supporting multimodal inputs like images, audio, and video, along with features such as history, memory, and tool actions. The cluster's dated history before the index is too thin (only 2 dated entries) to discern a shape, suggesting it predates the index or members are largely undated. Traction leaders include minirun-app (61 stars), yachiyo-claw (11 stars), and DeepSpring-AI (4 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 9OCT 2026: 4
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 13 unlabelled

Operator · 7 hobby · 2 indie · 2 commercial · 5 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 16 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01minirun-app61★1 moliveindieLocal AI app that runs a very large language model on Mac and iPhone by streaming weights within a user-set memory budget.
  2. 02DeepSpring-AI4★13 daysliveConversational AI chat application that runs large language models locally on the user's machine, keeping all data and chat history on-device.
  3. 03AstraLM16★1 moliveOn-device AI chat client that runs large language and vision models locally with optional cloud mode.
  4. 04splashboard2★3 days—macOS app that provides a graphical interface for interacting with a local AI model server, including chat, model management, telemetry, and coding agents.
  5. 05ChatOKF2★11 days—hand-codedhobbyChat app that runs local AI models on Apple devices, with support for images, audio, and video in conversations.
  6. 06OtohaChat2★21 dayslivecommercialChat app for mobile and desktop that runs AI models locally and in the cloud, with tool use and multiple model providers.
  7. 07Strata1★3 days—hobbyApp that runs large AI models locally on Apple Silicon and provides a web chat with history and image input.
  8. 08KarenOs1★22 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS app that runs local generative AI models, enabling offline chat, autonomous agents, and multimodal interactions without sending data to the cloud.
  9. 09yuzu1★3 dayslivehobbyLocal AI assistant for Mac that chats, writes, codes, and automates workflows across connected apps using on-device models.
  10. 10mimir-ios1★25 days—hobbyAI chat app that runs locally on-device, supports multiple AI providers, voice input, personal memory, and tool actions.
  11. 11fm-chat0★22 days—hobbymacOS chat app that runs Apple's on-device foundation models locally, streams responses, and persists conversations with no account or network.
  12. 12helion0★24 days—On-device AI chat app for iPhone that runs local language models and provides web search and GitHub repository management.
  13. 13InferPeerResource0★24 days—hand-codedcommercialApple device companion app that installs approved on-device AI models and pairs them with local business applications for secure inference.
  14. 14LoveRefactored0★23 daysliveindieAI companion app that runs locally, offers multi-character chat with long-term memory, voice and video calls, generated images and videos, and keeps all data on the user's device.
  15. 15NORA0★9 days—hobbyPrivate AI chat and image generation app that runs on local hardware with memory, attachments, and durable notes.
  16. 16qwen-fieldfare2★1 mo—macOS chat app that runs Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B locally using Metal, streaming Mixture-of-Experts models from SSD.

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