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Swama vs apfel: catalog facts
Swama	apfel
Free Free, with source published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
macOS	macOS, Command line
Native Swift implementation on MLX Supports text, vision, embedding, speech recognition and speech synthesis models	Provides CLI, interactive chat, and OpenAI-compatible server modes Runs the model on-device without downloading model files
Apple Silicon Macs only Smaller project than established model runners	Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 26 or later Requires Apple Intelligence to be enabled
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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