Overview
Run and fine-tune language models on Apple silicon with MLX.
- Kind
- inference
- License
- MIT
- Language
- Python
- Platforms
- macOS (Apple silicon)
- Latest release
- v0.32.2 (2026-10-16)
- Repository
- ml-explore/mlx-lm
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Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.
Install
install
$ pip install mlx-lm
# use with Freeweights
$ mlx_lm.generate --model <id> --prompt "Hello"
Checked against the project's README on 2026-11-14. The project's own instructions win when they differ: install docs
Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.
Use with Freeweights
Run a catalog model
$ mlx_lm.generate --model <id> --prompt "Hello"Download the weights from Freeweights first (HF_ENDPOINT or fw.py), then point the tool at the folder.
Catalog models it can run (1)
License
Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.
Provenance
From:
ml-explore <github.com/ml-explore>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject: mlx-lmRelease: v0.32.2 (2026-10-16)Commit: 93e6d4aLicense: MIT - Repository
- ml-explore/mlx-lm
- Pinned release
- v0.32.2, 2026-10-16
- Release commit
- 93e6d4a6447b3080861985947f0820e76fcb957d
- Default branch
- main 56230fa02b8ff8330daf26dc95c28480423ed5fe
- Fetched
- 2026-11-14
- Takedowns
- None.
Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.