Claude support for Apple's Foundation Models framework

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-06-11 · Open on X

Topics: LLM Fundamentals, AI Dev Tools & Productivity, Industry Trends & Job Market · Level: intermediate

Summary

The creator reacts to news that Claude now supports Apple's Foundation Models framework. The quoted post expects local-model tools such as LM Studio, oMLX, Ollama and llama.cpp to add similar support soon. It is a short news pointer, not a tutorial.

Key points

• Claude can now be used through Apple's Foundation Models framework, per Anthropic's blog post 'Claude for Foundation Models'.
• The quoted author expects local or open-model runtimes (LM Studio, oMLX, Ollama, llama.cpp) to add support next.
• The blog link in the post is cut off and returned a 404 when checked. Search for 'Claude for Foundation Models' on the Claude blog instead.

Resources mentioned

• Claude for Foundation Models (Claude blog) · article · claude.com · free
  Anthropic's announcement of Claude support for Apple's Foundation Models framework.
• Apple Foundation Models framework · docs · developer.apple.com · free
  Apple's framework that lets apps on Apple platforms use language models.
• LM Studio · tool · x.com · free
  Desktop app for downloading and running LLMs locally, with a developer mode that serves models through an API.
  Also in: Running LLMs Locally Without an Expensive Rig (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Adding Vercel AI Gateway as a provider in AIBackends with Devin (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), LoRA Fine-Tune Qwen3.5-2B on Your Tweets with Unsloth Studio (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AIBackends: An API Layer Between Your App and AI Models (Now with Jev) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 31 more
• oMLX · tool · github.com · free
  An MLX-based tool for running local models on Apple silicon.
  Also in: Running Qwen3.8-27B Locally on an M5 Max MacBook with Inco Splash (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• Ollama · tool · x.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Open-source tool for downloading and running LLMs on your own machine with minimal setup.
  Also in: Running LLMs Locally Without an Expensive Rig (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Adding Vercel AI Gateway as a provider in AIBackends with Devin (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Running Qwen3.8-27B Locally on an M5 Max MacBook with Inco Splash (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AIBackends: An API Layer Between Your App and AI Models (Now with Jev) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 12 more
• llama.cpp · repo · github.com · free
  An open-source C/C++ engine for running GGUF models locally. Its llama-server command provides an OpenAI-compatible HTTP server.
  Also in: Running LLMs Locally Without an Expensive Rig (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), llama.cpp / Llama-macOS v0.5.0 release (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Run llama.cpp GGUF Checkpoints in Hugging Face Transformers (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), llama.cpp v0.4.1 release announcement (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 28 more