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# BaseRT

**Fastest LLM inference runtime for Apple Silicon.**
**Fastest LLM inference on Apple Silicon — now on NVIDIA GB10 (DGX Spark), too.**

Pull a model from HuggingFace, chat with it, or serve an OpenAI-compatible API — all from one CLI.

[![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-docs.basecompute.co-5b8fa8)](https://docs.basecompute.co)
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue)](LICENSE)
[![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Apple%20Silicon-black)](#requirements)
[![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Apple%20Silicon%20%C2%B7%20NVIDIA%20GB10-black)](#requirements)
[![Bindings](https://img.shields.io/badge/bindings-Python%20%C2%B7%20Node%20%C2%B7%20Rust%20%C2%B7%20Swift-444)](docs/bindings/index.md)

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BaseRT runs large language models locally on Apple Silicon, accelerated by
hand-written Metal kernels. This repository is the open ecosystem around the
engine: the `basert` CLI (model hub + converter), the `.base` model format, the
public C API, and language bindings for Python, Node, Rust, and Swift.
BaseRT runs large language models locally on Apple Silicon (Metal) and NVIDIA
GB10 / DGX Spark (CUDA), accelerated by hand-written GPU kernels. This repository
is the open ecosystem around the engine: the `basert` CLI (model hub +
converter), the `.base` model format, the public C API, and language bindings for
Python, Node, Rust, and Swift.

- **One CLI for everything** — `basert pull`, `chat`, `serve`, `convert`.
- **OpenAI-compatible server** — chat, completions, embeddings, transcription,
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## Requirements

One of:

- Apple Silicon (M1 or later), macOS 14+.
- NVIDIA GB10 (DGX Spark), Linux / arm64 with a CUDA driver.

## Quickstart

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curl -LsSf https://basecompute.co/install.sh | sh
```

This installs the prebuilt engine and the `basert` CLI to `~/.basert` and adds
it to your `PATH`. Restart your shell afterward (or
This installs the prebuilt engine for your platform and the `basert` CLI to
`~/.basert` and adds it to your `PATH`. Restart your shell afterward (or
`export PATH="$HOME/.basert:$PATH"`). See
[Installation](docs/getting-started/installation.md) for building from source.

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