Show HN: Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac (apfel.franzai.com) AI

Show HN project Apfel presents a free, on-device AI for macOS Apple Silicon that exposes Apple’s built-in language model as a terminal CLI, an OpenAI-compatible local HTTP server, and an interactive chat. The tool is designed to run inference locally with no API keys or network calls, and it supports features like streaming and JSON output for use with existing OpenAI client libraries. The post also highlights related companion tools in the “apfel family,” such as a GUI and clipboard-based actions.