MTPLX alternatives

Tools that could take the place of MTPLX, ranked by the stacks builders put them in rather than by stars alone.

Other runtimes in the runchr registry that do the work of MTPLX — a tool somebody pairs with it ranks above a more popular stranger. Read the MTPLX page or browse every runtimes.

  • rtkRuntimesdoes the same work85.8k

    CLI proxy that compresses shell command output before it reaches an LLM.

  • flashinferRuntimesdoes the same work6.9k

    GPU kernel library for fast LLM inference: attention, GEMM, MoE, sampling.

  • lemonadeRuntimesdoes the same work6.1k

    Local AI server serving optimized LLMs on GPUs and NPUs via OpenAI-compatible

  • Rapid-MLXRuntimesdoes the same work4.1k

    OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible MLX inference server for Apple Silicon tuned

  • claude-code-localRuntimesdoes the same work3.5k

    Local MLX inference server that serves open models to Claude Code via Anthropic

  • project-mayaRuntimesdoes the same work2.6k

    Run huge MoE models privately on your own GPUs with OpenAI-compatible API.

  • mlx-serveRuntimesdoes the same work2.4k

    Native local LLM inference server for Apple Silicon with OpenAI and Anthropic

  • halogen-flash-serverRuntimesdoes the same work1.2k

    Local Qwen3.8-Flash-Next inference server for AMD Strix Halo with OpenAI

  • OllamaRuntimessame type186.2k

    Run open models locally and serve an OpenAI-compatible API.

  • llama.cppRuntimessame type133.6k

    Run quantised models locally, with an OpenAI-compatible server.

  • vLLMRuntimessame type96.5k

    A high-throughput inference and serving engine for GPUs.

  • caddyRuntimessame type78.9k

    Extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS.