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Vmlx

Vmlx is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. vMLX - Use MLX models easily - JANGQ (GGUF for MLX) - Not dependant on mlx_vlm. It has 886 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx vmlx.

github.com/jjang-ai/vmlx (opens in a new tab)

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Install Vmlx

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vmlx": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vmlx"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio vmlx -- uvx vmlx

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vmlx": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vmlx"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "vmlx": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vmlx"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Vmlx

Self-hosted inference server for LLMs, VLMs, and image generation on Apple Silicon. OpenAI + Anthropic + Ollama compatible HTTP API. Self-hosted; no third-party API keys required. Native MTP artifact detection and family-specific cache policy gates keep speculative/cache settings explicit and model-safe.

  • llm
  • lmstudio
  • macbook
  • mlx
  • mlxllm
  • mlxstudio
  • anthropic-api
  • kvcache-compression
  • kvcache-optimization
  • kvcache-reuse

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What is Vmlx?

Vmlx is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. vMLX - Use MLX models easily - JANGQ (GGUF for MLX) - Not dependant on mlx_vlm. It has 886 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx vmlx. The source code is at github.com/jjang-ai/vmlx.

How do I install the Vmlx MCP server?

Add the command uvx vmlx to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Vmlx free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Vmlx actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is v1.6.75, published Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.