1. Choose your Macs
An owner starts a swarm and invites people they trust. Each Mac explicitly agrees to share within its own limits.
Early MVP · Apple silicon Macs only today
Run an AI model on Macs you trust.
A swarm is a group of Macs sharing the work of running a model. Choose the people and computers you trust, lend spare capacity, and chat through the swarm’s entry Mac.
The demo is volunteer-hosted and may be unavailable. Check its listing for current serving Macs.
Right now
—Swarms serving
—Macs online
—Fastest reported p50 · tok/s
—Reported requests · last 24 h
Performance reports unavailable.
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Recent signed heartbeats, reported by swarm owners. Macs are summed across listings, not unique devices. No visitor counts.
A few computers. One model.
How a swarm works
2. Share the model
The app places model layers across the participating Macs. A one-Mac route runs the model on that Mac alone.
3. Chat at the entry
Your browser sends prompts directly to the swarm’s entry. The directory is a phone book, never the inference server.
Trust the people running your model.
The swarm can read your prompts
Participating Macs can see prompts, replies or intermediate activations. This is not end-to-end encrypted from them. Do not send secrets.
The directory never carries prompts
No account or tracking by this site. Browsing this explainer creates no browser key. The swarms app uses a key stored in your browser.
Cloudflare is in the connection
Cloudflare terminates TLS for this site and Cloudflare-hosted entries. It can see IP addresses, timing and plaintext traffic at those endpoints.
You choose when to share
Installing the app is not consent to run a model. The app asks before downloading and sharing. Resource limits and a stop control stay on your Mac.
Still an MVP, not a cloud replacement.
Proven on project Macs, with a small curated model list. Apple silicon macOS only today; Linux and Windows apps are not available. Availability and speed depend on the Macs serving each route.
Visit the Download page for the Mac release, checksum and installation guidance.
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