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Nativ for Mac

Local AI workspace for running MLX models — chat, serve, monitor, and connect all from one polished interface.

By Blaizzy. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Nativ at a glance

Version
0.4.0
Released
5 October 2026
Download size
320 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Artificial Intelligence
Developer
Blaizzy
GitHub stars
1.5K

About Nativ

Local AI, native to your Mac. Chat, serve, monitor, and connect MLX models from one macOS app.

How to install Nativ on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Nativ and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.4.0 from Blaizzy's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Nativ show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Nativ-0.4.0.dmg (320 MB).

What is new in Nativ 0.4.0

## What's Changed
* Fix duplicate windows when reopening from Dock by @Yavaren in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/632
* Fix bundled filesystem MCP access in project chats by @Yavaren in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/618
* Use the main branch of mlx-vlm for prereleases by @lucasnewman in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/640
* Preserve symlinked integration configs by @Lazarus-931 in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/642
* Add shared chat work pane by @Blaizzy in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/635
* Add per-chat Git worktrees and recovery by @Blaizzy in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/645
* Bump version to 0.3.12rc1 by @lucasnewman in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/644
* Fix chat transcript buttons ignoring mouse clicks by @Blaizzy in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/648
* Keep Agent terminal output in the background by @Blaizzy in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/651
* Remove folders from the sidebar by @lucasnewman in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/652
* fix screenshot drag attachments by @Lazarus-931 in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/643
* Treat NVFP4 as a quantization suffix when pairing drafters by @Lazarus-931 in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/657
* Use AVCaptureSession for native microphone switching by @Yavaren in https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/pull/638
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