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AI · August 17, 2025

Kuzco

Open-source Swift package to run LLMs locally on iOS & macOS

Kuzco launched on August 17, 2025 with 216 votes, #158 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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What it does

Kuzco is a Swift package for integrating large language models (LLMs) directly into iOS, macOS, and Mac Catalyst apps. Built on `llama.cpp`, it offers customizable prompts, flexible tuning, and async/await-friendly APIs for on-device AI.

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  • KuzcoJan 2026 · kuzco.co · ▲7

    Hi HN, I’m building Kuzco, a Swift SDK for running AI models locally on Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro). The goal is to make “offline + private AI” feel like a normal dependency you can drop into a SwiftUI/UIKit app, without standing up servers or paying per-token API fees. What it does - Text generation with token streaming (chat style UX) - Vision AI (analyze images locally) - Image generation via Stable Diffusion - Model manager to download and manage on-device models Developer experience - create a session with a model - stream tokens as they generate - optionally get…

  • Ollama – Run LLMs on your Mac2023 · github.com · ▲284

    Hi HN A few folks and I have been working on this project for a couple weeks now. After previously working on the Docker project for a number of years (both on the container runtime and image registry side), the recent rise in open source language models made us think something similar needed to exist for large language models too. While not exactly the same as running linux containers, running LLMs shares quite a few of the same challenges. There are "base layers" (e.g. models like Llama 2), specific configuration to run correctly (parameters, temperature, context window sizes etc). There's…

  • Ava PLS2023 · avapls.com · ▲94

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  • I made an app to use local AI as daily driver2024 · recurse.chat · ▲637

    Hi Hackers, Excited to share a macOS app I've been working on: https://recurse.chat/ for chatting with local AI. While it's amazing that you can run AI models locally quite easily these days (through llama.cpp / llamafile / ollama / llm CLI etc.), I missed feature complete chat interfaces. Tools like LMStudio are super powerful, but there's a learning curve to it. I'd like to hit a middleground of simplicity and customizability for advanced users. Here's what separates RecurseChat out from similar apps: - UX designed for you to use local AI as a daily driver.…

  • Ollama2023 · github.com · ▲235

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    macOS GUI for running LLMs locally2023 · avapls.com · ▲58

    Hello HN, I've been working on this project for a while, and it has been in an "open" beta for some time. I finally believe it's ready for its first release. I hope you like it. Here are some potential questions that may arise: 1. How does it compare to LM Studio? It's likely that if you're already using LM Studio, you'll continue to do so. This project is designed to be more user-friendly. 2. Is it open-source? No, it is not. 3. Does it use any open-source libraries? Yes, it uses llama.cpp and a few others, as indicated in the license information included with the application. 4. Why is not…

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