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Swama vs MLX LM: catalog facts
Swama	MLX LM
Free Free, with source published on GitHub.	Free Free to install and use.
macOS	macOS, Command line
Native Swift implementation on MLX Supports text, vision, embedding, speech recognition and speech synthesis models	Runs models on Apple silicon through MLX One-command access to models on the Hugging Face Hub
Apple Silicon Macs only Smaller project than established model runners	Apple silicon only Command line and Python, with no graphical interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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