Devtoolwatch BoardRapid-MLX review
Rapid-MLX is an open-source (Apache 2.0) OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible LLM inference server for Apple Silicon, built on MLX, focused on reliable tool calling for coding agents. Up to 4× faster than Apple's MLX (mlx-lm) on the same weights.
- 4.1kGitHub stars
- +58new stars, week of Oct 25
- 2.1kdownloads a week, +16% vs 4-week avg
- #24in Inference and training this week
Rapid-MLX at a glance
- Category
- Inference and training
- Website
- rapidmlx.com
Is Rapid-MLX growing? Usage data
In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Rapid-MLX ranked #229 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #24 in Inference and training, with a momentum score of 40 out of 100. Its main package had 2.1k downloads that week, +16% against its own 4-week average.
Show the weekly numbers
| Week of | New stars |
|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2026 | 62 |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 36 |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 104 |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 70 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 62 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 55 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 51 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 71 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 41 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 58 |
The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.
Rapid-MLX alternatives
Other LLM inference and training tools on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:
| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | dsh-our-free-modeldsh-our-free-model is a dsh plugin that provides DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Kimi K3 and other models without login, sign-up or API key. | 54.3k | – |
| #2 | magpiemagpie is a local gateway and app that lets coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI use any provider's model. | 26.9k | – |
| #3 | StrataStrata is a local inference engine and app that runs large open models like Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on consumer hardware with… | 37.1k | – |
| #4 | edge0edge0 is an open-source streaming inference framework that runs large sparse mixture-of-experts models on consumer hardware by streaming… | 8.9k | – |
| #5 | OmniRouteOmniRoute is an open-source AI gateway that routes requests across many model providers through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with… | 83.2k | 106k |
| #6 | CLIProxyAPICLIProxyAPI is a Go proxy server that exposes CLI coding accounts like Codex, Claude Code and Gemini CLI through OpenAI, Gemini and… | 57.1k | – |
Rapid-MLX FAQ
How popular is Rapid-MLX?
Rapid-MLX has 4.1k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 58 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 58 a week. Its main package had 2.1k downloads that week, +16% against its own 4-week average. That made it #24 among LLM inference and training tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.
What are the best alternatives to Rapid-MLX?
Other LLM inference and training tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: dsh-our-free-model (#1), magpie (#2), Strata (#3), edge0 (#4), OmniRoute (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.
Sources
Rapid-MLX README badge
Maintainers can show the tool's weekly Board rank in their README:
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