mlx-vlm
by Blaizzy (personal account)
MLX-VLM is a package for inference and fine-tuning of Vision Language Models (VLMs) on your Mac using MLX. (description from the project’s GitHub page)
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- 5,636
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- 839
- Open issues and pull requests
- 244
- Primary language
- Python
- License
- MIT License (MIT)
- Owner
- Blaizzy · Personal account
- Created
- Apr 16, 2024
- Last push
- Oct 18, 2026
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