Ollama – v0.14.0-rc0: Add experimental MLX backend and engine with imagegen support (#13648)
Ollama v0.14.0-rc0 just landed — and Apple Silicon fans, this one’s for you 🍏💥
Say hello to experimental MLX backend support — run LLMs natively on M-series chips without CUDA or PyTorch overhead. Faster, leaner, and totally Apple-native.
✨ What’s new?
- 🖼️ Image generation — yes, you can now generate images directly via Ollama (early but wildly cool)
- 🛠️ Built-in build toggles: `cmake –preset MLX` and `go build -tags mlx .` for easy custom compiles
- 🍎 Full macOS support — x86 & ARM builds ready, CPU-only for now (GPU accel coming soon!)
- 📚 Cleaner docs + improved tokenizer guides — because nobody likes cryptic configs
This is still a release candidate, so expect bugs… but if you’re on Mac and want to skip the bloat? Now’s your chance. Break it, tweak it, report it — we’re all in this together 🚀
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