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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/backend.yml
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dockerPassword: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
quayUsername: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
quayPassword: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
mlx-vlm-darwin:
uses: ./.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
with:
backend: "mlx-vlm"
build-type: "mps"
go-version: "1.24.x"
tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-vlm"
runs-on: "macOS-14"
secrets:
dockerUsername: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
dockerPassword: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
quayUsername: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
quayPassword: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
llama-cpp-darwin:
runs-on: macOS-14
strategy:
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -366,13 +366,17 @@ build-darwin-python-backend: build
bash ./scripts/build/python-darwin.sh

backends/mlx:
BACKEND=mlx BUILD_TYPE=mps $(MAKE) build-darwin-python-backend
BACKEND=mlx $(MAKE) build-darwin-python-backend
./local-ai backends install "ocifile://$(abspath ./backend-images/mlx.tar)"

backends/diffuser-darwin:
USE_PIP=true BACKEND=diffusers BUILD_TYPE=mps $(MAKE) build-darwin-python-backend
BACKEND=diffusers $(MAKE) build-darwin-python-backend
./local-ai backends install "ocifile://$(abspath ./backend-images/diffusers.tar)"

backends/mlx-vlm:
BACKEND=mlx-vlm $(MAKE) build-darwin-python-backend
./local-ai backends install "ocifile://$(abspath ./backend-images/mlx-vlm.tar)"

backend-images:
mkdir -p backend-images

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22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions backend/index.yaml
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capabilities:
nvidia: "cuda12-rfdetr"
intel: "intel-rfdetr"
#amd: "rocm-rfdetr"

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nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-rfdetr"
default: "cpu-rfdetr"
- &vllm
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- text-to-text
- LLM
- MLX
- &mlx-vlm
name: "mlx-vlm"
uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-vlm"
icon: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/102832242?s=200&v=4
urls:
- https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-vlm
mirrors:
- localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-vlm
license: MIT
description: |
Run Vision-Language Models with MLX
tags:
- text-to-text
- multimodal
- vision-language
- LLM
- MLX
- &rerankers
name: "rerankers"
alias: "rerankers"
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uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx"
mirrors:
- localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx
- !!merge <<: *mlx-vlm
name: "mlx-vlm-development"
uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-vlm"
mirrors:
- localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-vlm
- !!merge <<: *kitten-tts
name: "kitten-tts-development"
uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-kitten-tts"
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capabilities:
nvidia: "cuda12-rfdetr-development"
intel: "intel-rfdetr-development"
#amd: "rocm-rfdetr-development"

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nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-rfdetr-development"
default: "cpu-rfdetr-development"
- !!merge <<: *rfdetr
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uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-diffusers"
mirrors:
- localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-diffusers
## exllama2

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- !!merge <<: *exllama2
name: "exllama2-development"
capabilities:
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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions backend/python/mlx-vlm/Makefile
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.PHONY: mlx-vlm
mlx-vlm:
bash install.sh

.PHONY: run
run: mlx-vlm
@echo "Running mlx-vlm..."
bash run.sh
@echo "mlx run."

.PHONY: test
test: mlx-vlm
@echo "Testing mlx-vlm..."
bash test.sh
@echo "mlx tested."

.PHONY: protogen-clean
protogen-clean:
$(RM) backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py

.PHONY: clean
clean: protogen-clean
rm -rf venv __pycache__
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