Pico AI Server LLM VLM MLX
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Blazing fast LLM & VLM server for home or office networks. Powered by MLX with the latest DeepSeek, Gemma, Llama, Mistral, Qwen, and Phi models.
Private LLM & VLM in a flash. Transform any Apple-silicon Mac into a ready-to-go AI server. One download equips your team with a web chat interface and 300+ top-notch open-source models—no cloud, no command line.
Why Pico:
- All-in-one
Built-in web UI and simple settings. No extra installs needed.
- Zero setup
Launch once; Pico auto-detects GPUs, fetches starter models, and shares on your local network.
- Quick results
Get your first response before your coffee cools.
- Team-friendly
Multi-user access and logs.
- Privacy assured
Data stays on your Mac. Fully offline—perfect for GDPR and on-prem needs.
- Apple-silicon speed
MLX acceleration offers up to 3× faster tokens than standard builds.
- API ready
Ollama-style and OpenAI-compatible endpoints integrate seamlessly into existing apps.
- Flexible models
Explore Llama, Gemma, DeepSeek, and more, or load your own models.
Built for where the cloud can't reach
Healthcare, legal, trading—where privacy or latency matter, Pico delivers top AI to your hardware.
Developers welcome
Use your preferred SDK. Stream responses, function-call, and more—no terminal needed.
Requirements
Apple-silicon Mac (M1, M2, M3)• 16 GB RAM minimum (32 GB+ recommended for larger models)
No sign-ups. No subscriptions. No cloud.
Download Pico AI Server today and give every desk on your network a fast, private, endlessly flexible AI—right inside your Mac.
• Pico AI Homelab supports over 300 state-of-the-art LLM and VLM models, such as:
• OpenAI GPT-oss
• Google Gemma 3
• Google Gemma 3n
• DeepSeek R1
• Meta Llama
• Alibaba Qwen 3
• Alibaba QwQ
• XBai o4
• Polaris
• Microsoft Phi 4
• Microsoft BitNet
• Mistral
• Devstral
• Baichuan M1
• EXAONE
• GLM 4.5
• DeepHermes
• Granite Code
• Hugging Face SmolLM
• Hugging Face SmolVLM
• Jan nano
…And many more
• Pico AI Homelab supports 23 embedding models, such as:
• BERT
• RoBERTa
• XLM-RoBERTa
• CLIP
• Word2Vec
• Model2Vec
• Static
• Compatible with your existing chat app, including:
• Open WebUI
• Apollo AI
• Bolt AI
• IntelliBar
• Msty
• Ollamac
• MindMac
• Enchanted
• Kerling
• LibreChat
• Hollama
• Ollama-SwiftUI
• Witsy
• Reactor AI
... And many more
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- Bug fixes
- Enhanced WebUI
- Display country of origin in model settings
The developer, Starling Protocol Inc, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Starling Protocol, Inc
- Size
- 103.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Classification
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Medical Treatment Information
- Copyright
- © 2025 Starling Protocol, Inc