Local LLM
Jan
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer
★ 44.8k starsCustom (check repo)
View guide →Native macOS chat app running LLMs fully locally on Apple Silicon.
Klee is an open-source ai chat project by signerlabs (signerlabs/Klee on GitHub). It has 1,765 GitHub stars and 137 forks, is released under the Custom license, and was last updated on GitHub on 20 March 2026.
Get the native macOS app.
Choose an MLX-compatible local model.
Conversations run 100% on-device.
Extend with Model Context Protocol integrations.
No cloud calls, ever.
Optimized for M-series chips via MLX.
A real Mac app, not Electron.
Chats never leave your machine.
Connect tools through MCP.
Your own AI, on your own Mac.
Download the source and move into the project folder.
git clone https://github.com/signerlabs/Klee.git
cd KleeEvery project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.
cat README.md | head -60Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.
# see README for the exact launch commandNo, it needs Apple Silicon for MLX inference.
Custom license — read the repo's license file first.
MLX-compatible models; check the docs for the list.
Yes, inference runs on-device with no cloud required.
Depends on model size; Apple Silicon unified memory helps.
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