Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac

Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by D13Fd on Monday July 20, 2026 @03:51PM (#48984004)

I'm surprised that their home page basically acts as if LM Studio and others don't already do this. It's not clear what the difference is from a glance.

It also omits Open WebUI. I've been running Deepseek V4 Flash locally on my Macbook Pro for weeks using Open WebUI + DS4.

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Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by lylejohnson on Monday July 20, 2026 @04:42PM (#48984618)

I was wondering the same and assuming I'd overlooked something.

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Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by kzrdude on Monday July 20, 2026 @05:05PM (#48984880)

LM Studio seems to do the same thing, except that LM Studio is not open source. So they have a point, they do something more.

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Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by moostii on Monday July 20, 2026 @06:14PM (#48985541)

LM studio is closed source software built ON TOP OF code released by the author of Nativ.

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Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by a3w on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @04:16AM (#48989516)

jan.ai is the F/LOSS alternative to it. If you do want a gui.

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Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by wmf on Monday July 20, 2026 @09:04PM (#48986900)

"The other “local AI” apps you’ve heard of? They’re proprietary shells built on top of open-source engines they don’t own."

This is a roundabout way of addressing LM Studio.

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Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by syntaxing on Monday July 20, 2026 @10:08PM (#48987242)

What spec is your macbook? I want to run Deepseek V4 Flash but its too slow for agents on my Strix Halo.

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Re:Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac by D13Fd on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @12:17PM (#48994376)

It’s a maxed out current-gen MacBook Pro w/ 128gb ram. I lucked out in getting it before they upped the price.

It runs really well and fast enough for what I need, and it works great, but it’s slower than Claude. I use it for projects where I’m not allowed to use third party AI for legal reasons.

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