Apple Foundation Models LLM Tools

Tools, SDKs, and frameworks for integrating Apple's on-device Foundation Models (Apple Intelligence) across iOS, macOS, web, and server environments. Includes bindings, wrappers, playgrounds, and APIs that expose local LLM capabilities. Does NOT include general LLM SDKs, cloud-based AI services, or non-Apple-specific on-device model frameworks.

There are 18 apple foundation models tools tracked. The highest-rated is Meridius-Labs/apple-on-device-ai at 47/100 with 148 stars and 319 monthly downloads.

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# Tool Score Tier
1 Meridius-Labs/apple-on-device-ai

 Apple foundation model bindings for NodeJS (supports Vercel AI SDK)

47
Emerging
2 blacktop/go-foundationmodels

Pure Go wrapper for Apple's Foundation Models

37
Emerging
3 Arthur-Ficial/apfel

Apple Intelligence from the command line. On-device LLM via FoundationModels...

35
Emerging
4 IvanCampos/Foundation-Models-Playgrounds

Playground examples to demonstrate Foundation Models Framework

33
Emerging
5 timokoethe/Localight

A SwiftUI-based iOS 26 app featuring a fully local chatbot powered by...

31
Emerging
6 codybrom/tsfm

TypeScript/Node.js bindings for Apple's on-device Foundation Models (macOS 26+ only)

28
Experimental
7 Techopolis/Perspective-Studio

Your LLM playground on Apple devices. Run open-source AI models locally on...

28
Experimental
8 kimhyeri/FoundationModelsPlayground

A collection of examples using Apple’s FoundationModels framework

27
Experimental
9 sambitcreate/Swift-Foundation-Models-Skills

A collection of Agent Skills for building iOS/macOS applications with...

26
Experimental
10 ROLOBOATO/foundation

Foundation components for the Ziti golang ecosystem

24
Experimental
11 GainSec/MacOS-AppleIntelligence-Harness

A macOS application for testing and experimenting with Apple's on-device...

23
Experimental
12 zats/local-llm

Apple's FoundationModels for the web. Chrome and Safari, macOS and iOS

22
Experimental
13 kolohelios/afmbridge

afmbridge is a Apple Foundation Model bridge that allows AFM to be used...

20
Experimental
14 hosokawat/apple-on-device-ai-tester

Electron sample for using Apple Foundation Models with apple-on-device-ai.

19
Experimental
15 johnbean393/Default-Models

A Swift Package providing a list of state of the art open weight large...

18
Experimental
16 1amageek/AnyFoundationModels

Unified Swift interface for Foundation Models — Ollama, Claude, OpenAI...

18
Experimental
17 crowdllama/vibebridge

Make Apple's Foundation Models accessible over web APIs

16
Experimental
18 forcequitOS/Iris

A server to redirect Apple's Foundation Models framework to a simple HTTP...

16
Experimental