Apple Foundation Models Framework

Apple's Swift framework for calling the on-device language model behind Apple Intelligence from Mac and iOS apps, with guided generation and tool calling.

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Category	Local Inference
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Pricing	Free
Operating System	macOS iOS
Website	https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundationmodels
Docs	https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundationmodels
Last checked	2026-10-14
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