Swiftlet

Swiftlet is a Swift and Metal runtime that runs large Qwen Mixture-of-Experts models locally on Apple devices by streaming expert weights from storage, enabling 35B and 80B models to run with low RAM, including on iPhone.

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Swiftlet is a Swift and Metal runtime that runs large Qwen Mixture-of-Experts models locally on Apple devices by streaming expert weights from storage, enabling 35B and 80B models to run with low RAM, including on iPhone.

Swiftlet grew +3.0% in the last 30 days, ranks 195th of 494 in Local Runtime / Inference Engine, last commit 28 days ago.

Star trajectory

77 days tracked
2026-08-09663 stars today2026-10-25
Momentum

+3.0% in 30d, above the Local Runtime / Inference Engine median of +1.7%.

Maintenance

Last commit 28 days ago, staler than the median of 5d.

How it compares in Local Runtime / Inference Engine

Swiftlet
663
stars
+3.0% 30d
commit 28 days ago
Local Runtime / Inference Engine median
414
stars
+1.7% 30d
commit ~5d ago
Leader · ollama
184.7k
stars
+1.7% 30d
commit today

Ranked 195th of 494 by stars.

Language
Swift
License
Apache License 2.0
Contributors
6
Forks
41
Watchers
2
Open issues
1
Releases
0
Created
2026-08-03
Stars this week
+4

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