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OptiQ · House #35,686

Quantize, serve and code with local models on your Mac

In the Run AI locally neighborhood (AI and agents). In town since 9 Oct 2026.

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What Tablif read on OptiQ's site

OptiQ describes itself as: “Run LLMs locally on your Mac (Apple Silicon) · mlx-optiq”

What it is

Calls itself “local-LLM stack”.

  • Calls itself: local-LLM stack
“OptiQ is the local-LLM stack for Apple Silicon.”

Where it puts itself

Claims “largest”. Rules out “PyTorch” and “cloud”. Publishes a comparison page.

  • Superlative claim: largest
  • Says it will not: PyTorch · cloud
“…mlx-optiq is the only path on this list that uses calibration-driven, per-layer bit allocation for both weights and KV cache, in the native MLX runtime”
“The largest single dense quant we ship.”

What it costs

A free tier up to a usage limit. Prices quoted: $20 for 200 Boosts.

  • Free plan: free up to a limit
  • Price: $20 for 200 Boosts
“$20 for 200 Boosts”
“Free to start 20 Boosts”

Who it sells to

Sells to developers.

  • Sells to: developers
“A terminal coding agent that drives whatever you are serving, offline, on your Mac. Built for weak local models: it never returns an empty patch and recovers from failed edits.”

How it runs

A bot, command-line tool and web app for macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Hosted in the cloud. Distributed through the pip. Offers an API. AI is the core of the product.

  • Kind: bot · cli · web
  • Runs on: macOS
  • Runs where: cloud / hosted · on the device, offline
  • Distributed via: pip
  • API: yes
  • AI role: core to the product
“One MLX-native engine runs a CLI and OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible server, a local web workbench (Lab) and a terminal coding agent (Code).”
“OptiQ is the local-LLM stack for Apple Silicon.”

What it works with

Names Apple MLX, Hugging Face and 3 more on its pages.

  • Names: Apple MLX · Hugging Face · PyTorch · +2
“Apple MLX”
“Hugging Face”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Claims “200+”. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs and a blog.

  • Number claimed: 200+
  • Instant signup: yes
  • Trial asks for: nothing
“Sign in”
“No card to try it.”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 9 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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