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Arthur-Ficial/apfel

The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.

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How fast Arthur-Ficial/apfel is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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

Sep 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +216 in 61 days

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Forks +23 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 9 in 61 days

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Mon, Sep 14, 2026+4+00
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Sun, Sep 20, 2026+5+00
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+2+00
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+6+00
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Mon, Sep 28, 2026+1+00
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+0+10
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+4+00
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+1+00
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Mon, Oct 5, 2026+0+00
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+1+00
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Thu, Oct 8, 2026+2+00
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+4+00
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+2+00
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+5+00
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+6+10
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+4+10
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+2+10
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+0+10
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+0+30
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+1+20
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+7+40
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+18+00
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+6+00
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Thu, Oct 22, 2026+4+00
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+6+00
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+1+00
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+2+00
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+3+10
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+3+00
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+8+00
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+3+10
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Total+216+239
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    1. Oct 111 post

      • apple runs a small LLM model on every mac out of the box 🤯, and you can tap and actually use it. just do - 1. macOS version should be >= 26 (Tahoe) 2. brew install apfel 2. apfel --serve funny part…

        Read full on X, posted by @aryancodes_tech

        @aryancodes_tech · x.com

    2. 2 months earlier
    3. Aug 211 post

      • ChatGPT API每次调用都在烧钱，apfel 6.3k星直接把Mac自带的Apple Intelligence暴露成OpenAI兼容服务器，brew install一行装好，零API key零云端。我给Hermes接了本地endpoint，日常问答不花一分钱。坑是上下文窗口只有4096 token，长对话会被截断。点开推文获取项目地址

        Read full on X, posted by @senge0301

        @senge0301 · x.com

    4. 1 month earlier
    5. Jul 81 post

      • If you own a Mac and are running macOS Tahoe, you might be sitting on an LLM that's been going to waste until now. $ brew install apfel An open-source wrapper around the Apple Intelligence foundation…

        Read full on X, posted by @sam_noble

        @sam_noble · x.com

    6. Jul 31 post

      • apfel takes apple intelligence (the ai built into your mac) and turns it into a full chatgpt replacement. you get a cli, chat interface, and api server. everything runs locally on your device.

        Read full on X, posted by @arjavvvv

        @arjavvvv · x.com

    7. 23 days earlier
    8. Jun 101 post

      • just installed an entire suite of tools to use Apple's own Apple Intelligence local LLM model for Ctrl+Space, CLI and even a full app UI. Cool stuff!

        Read full on X, posted by @dixongexpat

        @dixongexpat · x.com

    9. 2 months earlier
    10. Apr 31 post

      • [OS] apfel - the free AI already on your Mac

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