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MLC Chat Stale

by Tianqi Chen

On-deviceOfflineOpen source

App Store (US)App Store (AT)GitHub repoDeveloper site

Summary

MLC Chat is a productivity app from Tianqi Chen for iPhone and iPad. Its store listing mentions: On-device, Offline (keyword-detected, not tested by us). Source code is public at mlc-ai/mlc-llm under Apache-2.0. It is free to download (in-app purchases are not visible in the API). The most recent version we saw (1.6) is dated 2024-09-27, more than 12 months ago.

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Facts

Facts about MLC Chat
DeveloperTianqi Chen
PlatformsiPhone, iPad
PriceFree (AT / US storefront; in-app purchases not shown by the API)
Ratings (count by storefront)4.2★ 84 (US) · 5.0★ 2 (AT)
Version1.6
Last updated2024-09-27 Stale: 12+ months
First released2023-05-31
Minimum OS17.0

Open source

mlc-ai/mlc-llm: 23,250 stars, license: Apache-2.0, last push 2026-10-06, Python.

Repository source: curated seed. Whether the repository is exactly the shipped app is not independently checked.

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