SwiftAI
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swift library for llm integration
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How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful wrapper for LLM calls on Apple platforms, API looks Swift-native
From 2 comments
Awesome, this is a good idea! Having a nice wrapper to make LLM calls easier is very helpful too :) Nice to see someone digging in on the system models. That's on my list to play…
deanputney on HNI do a lot of AI work and right now the story for doing LLMs on iOS is very painful (but doing Whisper or etc is pretty nice) so this is existing and the API looks Swift native…
jc4p on HN
Objections
Documentation lacks examples for custom LLM integrations
From 2 comments
Needs more example on custom.
keyle on HNThere is no examples or documentation on `CustomLLM` the README file has examples on `SystemLLM` and `OpenaiLLM` but there's no way for us to know if we need to bring in guff…
jdmg94 on HN
Possibly built with AI coding tools, seen as vibe coded
From 1 comment
Another vibe coded.
lawgimenez on HN
Name may conflict with Apple's Swift trademarks
From 2 comments
You may get a letter from Apple’s lawyers because of the name - Swift and SwiftUI are trademarks, and this seems like something they’d want to keep for themselves.
rafram on HN> Swift and SwiftUI are trademarks This is called SwiftAI, though.
andsoitis on HN
Requests
Support for bringing own CoreML or on-device models
From 1 comment
I do a lot of AI work and right now the story for doing LLMs on iOS is very painful (but doing Whisper or etc is pretty nice) so this is existing and the API looks Swift native…
jc4p on HN
Questions
Quality of Apple's on-device LLM responses and length control
From 1 comment
Mind me asking what your thoughts are on the overall quality of Apple's on-device LLMs? I've found that LanguageModelSession always returns very lengthy responses:…
hbcondo714 on HN
Alternatives named
llama.cpp with GGUF models
From 1 comment
I do a lot of AI work and right now the story for doing LLMs on iOS is very painful (but doing Whisper or etc is pretty nice) so this is existing and the API looks Swift native…
jc4p on HN