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tuff-app/TUFF

The local AI app built for the Mac. Run LLMs like Qwen, Gemma and GPT-OSS on Apple Silicon, including models far bigger than your Mac's memory, by streaming MoE experts from the SSD.

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How fast tuff-app/TUFF is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 26 – Oct 25, 2026

Stars +60 in 61 days

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Forks +5 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 4 in 61 days

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Total+60+54
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Recent discussions about this repository across the web
  1. Oct 121 post

    • TUFF 8.0: SSD-streamed MoE inference, web/file search, conversation caching, and local API support

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      r/LocalAIStack

  2. Oct 92 posts

    • My Mac AI side project just reached version 8.0 and I’m finally starting to use it instead of ChatGPT

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      r/SideProject

    • TUFF 8.0: SSD-streamed MoE inference, web/file search, conversation caching, and local API support

      Read full on Reddit

      r/LocalLLM

  3. 7 days earlier
  4. Oct 22 posts

    • Qwen Flash Next on a 16GB Mac

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      r/LocalAIStack

    • Qwen Flash Next on a 16GB Mac

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      r/LocalLLM

  5. Oct 11 post

    • Qwen Flash Next on a 16GB Mac

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  6. 1 month earlier
  7. Aug 311 post

    • TUFF is a Mac app that lets users run models like Qwen, Gemma, and GPT-OSS models with expert-streaming, allowing for large models on devices without a lot of memory. You can run a 120B model on a…

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      r/LocalLLM

  8. Aug 303 posts

    • TUFF is a MacOS app that lets users run models like Qwen, Gemma, and GPT-OSS models with expert-streaming, allowing for large models on devices without a lot of memory. You can run a 120B model on a…

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      r/coolgithubprojects

    • Built a custom LLM inference engine in Swift/Metal (no llama.cpp/MLX) — streams MoE experts from SSD to run 61GB models on 16GB Macs

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      r/swift

    • Shipped TUFF 3.0 — a Mac app that lets you run LLMs too big for your RAM

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      r/SideProject

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