M-Courtyard: Fine-tune LLMs on macOS with zero code (MLX + Ollama GUI)
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February 13, 2026
Hi everyone!
I’d like to share M-Courtyard, an open-source macOS desktop app for fine-tuning
LLMs on Apple Silicon — no code, no cloud, everything local.
It wraps the full pipeline in a native GUI:
Import docs → Generate training data (Ollama) → LoRA fine-tune (mlx-lm)
→ Chat-test → One-click export to Ollama (Q4/Q8/F16)
Supports models from mlx-community: Qwen 3, DeepSeek R1, GLM, Llama 3, and more.
* GitHub: GitHub - tuwenbo0120/m-courtyard: M-Courtyard: Local AI Model Fine-tuning Assistant for Apple Silicon. Zero-code, zero-cloud, privacy-first desktop app powered by Tauri + React + mlx-lm.
* Download: Release M-Courtyard v0.3.0 · tuwenbo0120/m-courtyard · GitHub
* License: AGPL 3.0
* Tech: Tauri 2.x (Rust) + React + mlx-lm
Requirements: macOS 14+, Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4), 16GB+ RAM recommended
Feedback and suggestions welcome!
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