apfel
A macOS command-line interface and local server for Apple's on-device language model.
By Arthur-Ficial contributors
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About apfel
apfel exposes Apple's Foundation Models language model as a command-line tool, an interactive chat, and an OpenAI-compatible local server. It supports shell pipelines, JSON output, file attachments, tool calling through MCP, and context management.
It runs inference on-device using the model included with macOS. It requires an Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 26 or later, and Apple Intelligence enabled.
Strengths
- Provides CLI, interactive chat, and OpenAI-compatible server modes
- Runs the model on-device without downloading model files
- Supports MCP tools and shell pipelines
Limitations
- Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 26 or later
- Requires Apple Intelligence to be enabled
- Uses Apple's fixed on-device model
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the MIT license.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Arthur-Ficial contributors
- Platforms
- macOS, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Apple Silicon Mac users who want local language model access from scripts or a terminal
- Categories
- Local AI tools, CLI tools, AI developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the Homebrew formula
- Sources