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Install nativ with Homebrew Cask
Run AI models locally. Version 0.4.4 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Run AI models locally
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Project history and usage
Nativ is an open-source native macOS workspace that runs AI models locally on Apple silicon and serves them through familiar API interfaces.
Project history
Nativ was developed as an open-source, native macOS workspace for downloading, running, and interacting with AI models locally on Apple silicon. Its documentation has expanded beyond chat and model management to cover voice, routines, extensions, MCP integrations, developer diagnostics, and image generation.
Adoption history
Nativ is distributed as a native macOS application and through a Homebrew cask. Its integration documentation targets coding agents and editors that can consume OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible local endpoints.
How it is used
Users download or select a local model, load it in Nativ, and either chat in the application or connect another program to its local OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible endpoint. Chat sessions are stored beneath `~/Library/Application Support/Nativ/`, but the reviewed documentation does not identify a single supported configuration file.
Why package nerds care
Nativ belongs to the recent class of Apple-silicon model runners that turn locally downloaded models into reusable, API-compatible services. Package users care because one desktop installation can supply models to several otherwise cloud-oriented developer tools.
Timeline
- Early releases: Nativ established a macOS interface for running local models.
- Later development: The project added agent/editor integrations, MCP hosting, routines, voice, image generation, and developer tooling.
Related projects
- Its documented integrations include Codex, Claude Code, Aider, Goose, OpenCode, Zed, Continue, Cursor, and JetBrains tools.
- It exposes OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible local APIs.
Sources
- Documentation index: https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/blob/main/Docs/README.md
- Integration guide: https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/blob/main/INTEGRATIONS.md
- Official repository: https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ
- source_facts.package-manager.brew-cask: nativ
security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for nativ. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version0.4.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:nativ |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/nativ |
| Homepage | https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ |
| Upstream docs | https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/Blaizzy/nativ/releases/download/v0.4.4/Nativ-0.4.4.dmg |
| SHA-256 | b4a598eb687668ef7d3bb555f070b0104012079b206828241811d822f9127ccb |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | nativ |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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