ModelHub is a native macOS menu bar app for developers working with local LLMs. It helps you discover models from Hugging Face, download the right local build, manage your model library, and use Hugging Face models with Ollama, MLX, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and the tools you already have without bouncing between browser tabs, terminal commands, model cards, and local folders. Ollama, MLX, and LM Studio are great tools. ModelHub is the missing discovery and management layer around them.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
We built ModelHub because local AI on Mac is getting good fast but the
workflow around models still feels scattered.
Ollama makes running local models simple. MLX makes Apple Silicon a stronger platform for inference. LM Studio gives people a great local model workspace. Hugging Face has the model ecosystem.
But as developers, we kept running into the same problem:
Finding the right model, checking the right format, downloading it, remembering what was installed, switching between Ollama, MLX, LM Studio, Hugging Face, and local folders, and keeping everything organized still involved too many tabs, terminal commands, and disconnected tools.
So we built ModelHub: a native macOS menu bar app for discovering, downloading, and managing local LLMs from Hugging Face, then using them with Ollama, MLX, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and the tools you already use.
It is not trying to replace Ollama, MLX, LM Studio, or llama.cpp.
It is meant to sit beside them.
Think of it as the missing model manager for your local AI setup.
We’d love feedback from:
- Developers running models locally on Mac
- Ollama users
- LM Studio users
- MLX / Apple Silicon builders
- People testing coding models locally
- Anyone who has too many model files sitting in random folders
Specific feedback we’re looking for:
1. What model metadata matters most before downloading?
2. Should we prioritize Ollama, MLX, LM Studio, or all workflows equally?
3. What would make this useful enough to keep in your menu bar app every day?
Thanks for checking it out. We’ll be in the comments all day.
About ModelHub on Product Hunt
“The missing menu bar app for local LLMs on Mac.”
ModelHub launched on Product Hunt on May 24th, 2026 and earned 216 upvotes and 26 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. ModelHub is a native macOS menu bar app for developers working with local LLMs. It helps you discover models from Hugging Face, download the right local build, manage your model library, and use Hugging Face models with Ollama, MLX, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and the tools you already have without bouncing between browser tabs, terminal commands, model cards, and local folders. Ollama, MLX, and LM Studio are great tools. ModelHub is the missing discovery and management layer around them.
On the analytics side, ModelHub competes within Open Source, Developer Tools, GitHub and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 634.8k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how ModelHub performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted ModelHub?
ModelHub was hunted by Priyanshu Ratnakar. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Priyanshu Ratnakar