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Posted by franze 3 days ago

Show HN: Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac(apfel.franzai.com)
Github: https://github.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel
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wodenokoto 2 days ago|
Which Apple silicon support this and how good are the models available to different generations? I’m assume an M4 can and will run bigger models than an M2
p1anecrazy 3 days ago||
Really like demo cli tools description. Are they limited by the context window as well? What’s your experience with log file sizes?
franze 3 days ago|
the 2 hard limits of Appel Intelligence Foundation Model and therefor apfel is the 4k token context window and the super hard guardrails (the model prefers to tell you nothing before it tells you something wrong ie ask it to describe a color)

parsing logfiles line by line, sure

parsing a whole logfile, well it must be tiny, logfile hardly ever are

reaperducer 3 days ago||
the model prefers to tell you nothing before it tells you something wrong

If all LLMs did this, people would trust them more.

Oras 3 days ago||
I like the idea and the clarity to explain the usage, my question would be: what kind of tasks it would be useful for?
khalic 3 days ago|
Making a sentence out of a json
satvikpendem 3 days ago||
How does this model compare against other local models like Qwen run through LMStudio?
mark_l_watson 3 days ago||
I have been using Apple’s built-in system LLM model for the last 7 or 8 months. I like the feature that if it needs to, it occasionally uses a more powerful secure private cloud model. I also write my own app to wrap it.
victorbjorklund 2 days ago||
But by access to the private compute right?
gregkb 2 days ago||
wow, had a very similar idea, but smaller in scope. (focusing on shell script usage) I've documented my own journey over here https://github.com/greg76/aii
elcritch 3 days ago||
Any know if these only installed on Tahoe? I'm running Sequoia still and get an error about model not found.
HelloUsername 3 days ago|
> Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 26 Tahoe or newer, Apple Intelligence enabled
jonpurdy 3 days ago||
Yes, the model ships with Tahoe, not previous versions.

I too would love to try this for simple prompts but won’t be updating past Sequoia for the foreseeable future.

als0 3 days ago||
Same. What a disaster Tahoe is.
joriskok1 3 days ago||
How much storage does it take up?
franze 3 days ago|
4mb download, after install about 15mb, model is already on your mac with mac os x tahoe
a96 3 days ago||
It's not, unless you've installed it by turning the feature on in settings. That's where the heavy download will be.
lispisok 3 days ago|
I want access to the LLM xcode uses for swift auto completions
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