Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to OSX port of the Light, Efficient Network Simulator (LENS)
LENS is a network simulator ported to macOS. It allows users to create and test neural network models through simulation. The software is designed for researchers and students who need to run network simulations on… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. OSX port of the Light, Efficient Network Simulator (LENS) launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Ollama v0.19▲410Massive local model speedup on Apple Silicon with MLX
Apr 2026 · ollama.com · its alternatives →
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A native macOS tool to analyze, optimize your Wi-Fi networks
Jun 2026 · shiinasama.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN — I’m the developer of NetViews, a macOS utility I built because I wanted better visibility into what was actually happening on my wired and wireless networks. I live in the CLI, but for discovery and ongoing monitoring, I kept bouncing between tools, terminals, and mental context switches. I wanted something faster and more visual, without losing technical depth — so I built a GUI that brings my favorite diagnostics together in one place. About three months ago, I shared an early version here and got a ton of great feedback. I listened: a new name (it was PingStalker), a longer trial,…
Feb 2026 · netviews.app · its alternatives →
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Apple MLX▲138An array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon
2023 · pypi.org · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, author here. SHARP is Apple's recent single-image 3D Gaussian splatting model (https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10685). Their reference code is PyTorch + a pretty heavy pipeline; I wanted to see if it could run in a browser with no server hop, so I exported the predictor to ONNX and ran it via onnxruntime-web with the WebGPU EP. What works: drop in an image, get a .ply you can download or preview live, all on your machine — your image never leaves the tab. The model is large (~2.4 GB sidecar) so first load is slow on a cold cache, but inference itself is a few seconds on…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Making hybrid collaboration more immersive
2024 · news.zoom.com · its alternatives →
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Wave▲298Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice
Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh · its alternatives →
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FocusMask▲64Put distractions out of sight and out of mind.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Cai▲179Hi HN, Cai runs actions on your selection via ⌥C, pick an action (AI, shell, GitHub issue, Linear ticket), done. Bundled local model (MLX Community), create custom actions with prompts, scripts and more. Free, MIT. Built after my Raycast extension sat in review queue for 3+ months. Wanted no typing, no app switching, no cloud. Repo: https://github.com/cai-layer/cai Demo: https://youtu.be/LH2MYNQ_wsk
Apr 2026 · getcai.app · its alternatives →
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Ferret▲193Refer and ground anything anywhere at any granularity
2024 · arxiv.org · its alternatives →
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Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. I want to share with you all something we've been working on for a while at Lambda: the Razer x Lambda Tensorbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMh6Dhq7P_Q But before I tell you about it, I want to make this all about me, because I built this for me. See, while I'm genuinely interested in hearing from the community what you think as this is the culmination of a lot of effort from a lot of people across so many different fields (seriously, the number of folks across manufacturing, engineering, design, logistics, and marketing who…
2022 · its alternatives →
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Lens▲2Professional network that connects people in technology.
2016 · digitalholdings.com · its alternatives →
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Custom AI for for Snapchat AR lenses
2020 · fritz.ai · its alternatives →
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