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category_label: "Runtimes & inference"
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homepage: "https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/"
repo: "https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx"
license: "MIT"
stars: 28797
last_push: "2026-10-15"
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tags: ["apple-silicon"]
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gap_score_status: "pending test on Mac Studio"
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---

# MLX

**What:** Apple's array framework for Apple silicon.

**Why:** Runs open models on your own hardware.

**Category:** Runtimes & inference · **Stack layer:** runtime

## Status

Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-15 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

## Install (unverified)

1. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install mlx
```

2. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install mlx[cuda]
```

3. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
pip install mlx[cpu]
```

## Verify

No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

## Rollback (unverified)

1. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
pip uninstall -y mlx
```

## Links

- Homepage: https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/
- Repo: https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx
- README: https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx#readme
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwZtJS1OD3w