Detect MLX models installed by LM Studio. - #21
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Scans ~/.lmstudio/models (and the legacy ~/.cache/lm-studio/models) for MLX-format model directories, lists them on the Models page with an LM Studio badge, and makes them selectable in chat by loading the model from its directory path. External models are never deleted by Nativ.
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Why don't we allow users to pass custom paths that we save to DB instead of hard coding new paths to services we don't own or are sure will remain in the same directory.
This approach is more robust and will allow users to even pass external SSDs as model sources.
And we keep the HF on by default.
Resulting in HF cache + custom paths.
Per review: instead of scanning third-party app directories we don't own, users add custom model folders (external SSDs, LM Studio's models directory, any MLX folder) from a Sources menu on the Models page. Folders persist in settings, are scanned alongside the default Hugging Face cache, and their models appear everywhere with an External badge. Folders that are themselves a model directory, or that nest models one or two levels deep, are all recognized.
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Perfect, could you share a screenshot of how it looks like? |
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tried but don't have enough mem to download full xcode for build, if we merge #20, gh actions can build and i can download to test any prs we make |
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No worries, great work! merging it 🚀 |
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No worries, great work! merging it 🚀 |
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Please fix conflicts and we can merge |
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- gated-hf-download and custom-server-port are shipped (PRs #49, #19/#51), not planned/experimental - reflect merged extras: LM Studio import (#21), chat image paste/screenshot (#39), Developer server port + HF token - image-gen fit-estimate task done via PR #47; note #46 remaining scope - add open issue #57 (Homebrew Cask)
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Scans ~/.lmstudio/models (and the legacy ~/.cache/lm-studio/models) for MLX-format model directories, lists them on the Models page with an LM Studio badge, and makes them selectable in chat by loading the model from its directory path. External models are never deleted by Nativ.