Launching today
ModelHub
The missing menu bar app for local LLMs on Mac.
151 followers
The missing menu bar app for local LLMs on Mac.
151 followers
ModelHub is a native macOS menu bar app for developers working with local LLMs. It helps you discover models from Hugging Face, download the right local build, manage your model library, and use Hugging Face models with Ollama, MLX, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and the tools you already have without bouncing between browser tabs, terminal commands, model cards, and local folders. Ollama, MLX, and LM Studio are great tools. ModelHub is the missing discovery and management layer around them.
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TimeWave
The 'Runs on this Mac' feature for checking if a model can run on the hardware that I have is my favourite part! That's usually the first thing I want to know before downloading some huge model.
Two things I'd love to see: more pre-download details like license, context length, and RAM estimate, and a quick way to open the original Hugging Face model card from inside the app.
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@mdsahilak Oh you can click the model on explore tab to get to HF right away! We are thinking about adding stats like # of downloads / RAM estimate etc here. Thanks for your feedback!
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@mdsahilak +1 to the license point especially - we've seen a lot of users get bitten by downloading a model and then realising it's non-commercial only. planning to flag that upfront on the card itself, probably alongside context length and quantization. open question for you: would you want a hard filter for it ("only show models I can use commercially") or just info displayed?
TimeWave
TimeWave
Quick one on storage - if I've already pulled Qwen 32B via Ollama and then discover it again in ModelHub, do you dedupe against the existing local file? Or do I end up with two copies eating 20GB? Well done guys overall
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@artstavenka1 hey thanks for using! these are some problems we are actively trying to tackle. ideally - ModelHub should SURFACE issues like these for you to take actions! Thanks for feedback!
I like that this isn’t trying to become another LM Studio or Ollama replacement. Simpler UI to just manage my local LLMs.
Was that an intentional product call from day one? Also, do you see this becoming more recommendation-driven, like “best models for your Mac” based on chip/memory?
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@mayank_thakur8 yes, it was intentional :)
and i think in the next version we’ll probably add things like best models for your mac, models to try, and trending models.
really liked that approach and the feature suggestions you shared.
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@lakshminath_dondeti If you already use LM Studio and Unsloth, ModelHub is not meant to replace them.
The idea is to make the model layer easier to manage across tools.
So instead of models being scattered across LM Studio, Hugging Face cache, manual folders, and different runtime formats, ModelHub helps you discover, download, and manage models in one place while keeping them usable with tools like LM Studio, Ollama, MLX, llama.cpp, etc.
Curious: what are you trying to solve right now?
Congrats on the launch! Having one place to manage across Ollama, MLX, and llama.cpp is something I've been doing by hand for too long. Gonna give this a try.
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@fberrez1 Awesome - do try us and let us know how you like it! Happy to hear feedback!
Congrats on the launch! 🚀 Having one unified menu bar app to manage models across Ollama, LM Studio, and MLX makes organizing and discovering Hugging Face models way cleaner.
The "Runs on this Mac" hardware checker sounds incredibly useful before committing to a massive download. Can't wait to give this a spin!
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@kevin Excited for you to try it out! Let me know if you there’s some specific feature you want added!
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@kevin Really appreciate the support! Also glad the 'managing the model layer' framing landed - that's exactly the gap we wanted to fill. Would love your honest take once you try it out!