mlx
brew install mlxArray framework for Apple silicon
https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/build/html/index.html
License: MIT AND Apache-2.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/mlx.json
Formula code: mlx.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 0.32.4 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
| fmt | 12.2.0 | Open-source formatting library for C++ |
| nanobind | 3.1.0 | Tiny and efficient C++/Python bindings |
| nlohmann-json | 3.12.0 | JSON for modern C++ |
| python-setuptools | 84.2.1 | Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages |
| robin-map | 1.4.1 | C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set |
Requires: Xcode >= 15.0 (build), arm64 architecture, macOS >= 14
Binaries:
mlx.distributed_config,
mlx.launch
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 236,097 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 1,677,815 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 14,663 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 16.1× |
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Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 14,655 | 30,991 | 101,256 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 8 | 17 | 30 |
| Installs on Request | 1,085 | 1,892 | 5,934 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 8 | 17 | 30 |
| Build Errors | 5 |