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coreai-model-zoo: Deploy Ready‑to‑Run Apple Core AI Models on iOS/macOS

A curated zoo of Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4 models, fully converted for Apple Core AI, with on‑device verification, Metal kernels, and Swift runner—perfect for founders building AI features on iPhone 17 Pro or Mac.

From the repo · “Community model zoo for Apple Core AI (iOS/macOS 27): 57 models — LLM, VLM, OCR, ASR, TTS, image/video/music gen, forecasting — each gated against its source model and shipped with the recipe that produced it. Downloadable from Hugging Face, runnable in one line of Swift via CoreAIKit. Plus benchmarks, Metal kernels, knowledge base.”

464 stars+4★ this week30 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 15Updated 10/15/2026100% free · open source
What it does

The coreai-model-zoo provides verified AI models for Apple Core AI, allowing founders to easily integrate Core AI into their iOS and macOS apps.

When to use it
  • •When building iOS or macOS apps that require Core AI integration
  • •When looking for pre-verified AI models to speed up development
  • •When needing to convert and verify AI models for on-device use
Ready-to-paste prompt
Run the command `swift run SwiftRunner -m Qwen3.5` to test the Qwen3.5 model on an iPhone 17 Pro GPU/ANE
Heads up: Ensure you have the correct runtime version and iOS/macOS version (iOS/macOS 27) to use the pre-verified models and avoid compatibility issues
Saves to your device
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How coreai-model-zoo: Deploy Ready‑to‑Run Apple Core AI Models on iOS/macOS works
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Coreai-model-zoo: Deploy Ready‑to‑Run Apple Core AI Models on iOS/macOS is a very large Python project (~348k lines across 1154 code files). You install it into your AI tool with one command; there is nothing to run yourself. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~348k lines · 1154 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Install as a skill / plugin
Add it to Claude Code (or your AI tool) with one command — 2 skills inside. Nothing to run yourself.
Runs on
Inside your AI tool
Nothing to install on your machine
Python 70%Swift 24%Shell 4%Metal 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    skills/skills/port-a-model-to-the-zoo/SKILL.md
    Inside skills/ — an example of what the AI is told to do
What's in each folder
skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions5 files
apps/Sub-packages / plugins602 files
cli/Command-line entry points32 files
conversion/Folder785 files
models/Data models & types453 files
knowledge/Folder135 files
_smoke/Folder70 files
zoo/Folder50 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksOther licenseUpdated this month
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Creator
john-rocky
Language
Python
Category
design
Published
6/10/2026

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