MLXHub: Local AI & LLM Server

MLXHub: Local AI & LLM Server

Private offline chat & tools

7 ratings
3 reviews
Free

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Released
July 14, 2026
Updated
October 2, 2026

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Run powerful AI language models privately on your iPhone or iPad. Your data stays on your device, with options for distributed inference across multiple devices and a local LAN server for API access.

✓Run AI models locally on device
✓Distributed inference across devices (experimental)
✓Chat with LLMs and VLMs
✓Customizable AI personality and system instructions
✓Browse and install models from catalog or HuggingFace
✓Local LAN server for API access
✓Optimized for Apple Silicon
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What's New in MLXHub

2.2.0

October 2, 2026

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B, a model that until now would not fit on a phone, runs on your iPhone and your iPad. It gets there through NAND expert streaming: instead of holding the whole model in memory, it fetches each expert the moment that expert has something to say, and lets go of the ones that don't. Supported vision models also stop carrying weight you are not using. While you type, the vision side stays asleep and only wakes up when you attach a photo, so a text conversation takes noticeably less memory than it used to. The assistant can reach into your apps: your calendar, your reminders, your Health data, your photos or your music library, always with your permission, call by call. And whatever you explain once can be saved as a Skill, so you never have to explain it again. It has memory now, too. What is worth knowing about you carries over to your next conversations, and you decide what stays: review, pin or delete any memory from Settings. Distributed inference across several of your devices on the same local network is no longer an experiment. It is simply part of the app. Joining a mesh is still free. And your iPhone or iPad can serve the rest of your home: chat and embeddings for the apps and scripts on your local network, over the standard routes /v1/chat/completions and /v1/embeddings, with authentication and local discovery. Support depends on the model you pick and the device you have. Write tools, Skills, letting the assistant save memories on its own, hosting a mesh and the LAN server are part of MLXHub Plus, which is exactly what keeps all the rest coming. Thank you for being here.

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User reviews

还行

就是AI下载太慢了

Tragically Underrated

Best way to host local models from an IPad.

Response from developer

Thank you so much for those words! Your review is the fuel for this app development! Hope you can get the latest features ASAP (as Apple is holding the app down from being released)… Keep an eye on it!

Does what it says.

Needed a quick way to benchmark smaller Gemma models on device and this did the job without requiring me to wire up a test harness. The pricing disconnect is steep. Charging a $40/year subscription (or a $240 'lifetime' pledge) for what essentially feels like a lightweight wrapper around existing open-source frameworks and inference runtimes is tough to justify. The developer clearly cares, but this is a utility tool being priced like an enterprise SaaS platform.
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Response from developer

Hello Zimzooma! Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate every opinion over the app, even the ones that don’t think it is perfect (because they allow me to improve it!). I totally agree with your opinion, let me clarify myself: The price is not for the tool as it is today, but for the heavy workload it has under the hood. For MLXHub to exist a lot of work has to be done, not only in the app, but in the forks of Open Source frameworks from Apple that don’t allow most of the new features MLXHub has (and that soon will be in production). Next version of MLXHub will allow you to run Qwen3.6 35B A3B in a single iOS device, as well as Bonsai 2 27B on supported ones. With tons of improvements coming to make MLXHub the BEST private AI chat for iOS and even compatibility with embedding models and more standards. The price of the subscription is justified with the continuous development that you get for no extra money, and the lifetime pays itself for those users who heavily rely on the app long-term! I suggest you to follow @MLXHub on X to be aware of all the new things, and contact support if you have any issue or request. As a solo-developer, it is my pleasure to help my users take full benefit of the app!

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FAQ

What is MLXHub?

MLXHub allows you to run open-source language models and vision-language models directly on your iPhone and iPad. It prioritizes privacy by keeping all model inference and conversations on your device.

Can I run MLXHub models offline?

Yes, MLXHub is designed for offline use. Model inference happens entirely on your device, meaning you do not need an internet connection to chat with downloaded models.

What is distributed inference in MLXHub?

Distributed inference is an experimental feature that lets you pool memory from multiple Apple Silicon devices on the same Wi-Fi network to run larger models than any single device could handle. Hosting this feature requires MLXHub Plus.

How does MLXHub handle privacy?

MLXHub ensures privacy by performing all model inference on your device, meaning your data never leaves. It does not require an account and is ad-free. Anonymous diagnostic data is collected but can be turned off.

Is MLXHub free to use?

MLXHub is free to download and use for running AI models locally and chatting. Features like hosting a distributed inference mesh and the local LAN server are part of MLXHub Plus.

What devices are supported by MLXHub?

MLXHub is available on iPhone and iPad devices. It is built to leverage Apple Silicon for optimal performance, with specific features like Apple Intelligence integration on iPhone 15 Pro/16 and later.

How often is MLXHub updated?

The latest version of MLXHub is 2.0.0, last updated on August 25, 2026. Updates typically focus on improving model compatibility, performance, and adding new features to the local AI experience.

Can I use MLXHub models with other applications?

Yes, MLXHub can function as a local LAN server (part of MLXHub Plus) that exposes an API compatible with /v1/chat/completions. This allows other applications on your local network, such as a Mac running OpenCode or custom scripts, to utilize your device's models.