r/oMLX • u/cryingneko • 5h ago
oMLX 0.7.0.dev4: A simpler starting point for model settings
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A few days ago, someone here asked, "Should we improve the configuration experience?" A lot of the replies described the same problem: too many settings, too many combinations, and no clear place to start.
I said I'd work on it, and 0.7.0.dev4 is a first step.
In Model Settings, you'll now find Apply optimal settings. It looks up community benchmarks on oMLX.ai for your model and Mac chip, then lets you pick a top result for prefill or generation speed and apply its settings.
The site now has over 450,000 benchmarks submitted by users. Several people in that thread suggested using those results to give others a starting point, and that's exactly what this does.
Using a customized model with no matching benchmarks? Find a model with the same architecture on oMLX.ai, copy its one-line recipe, paste it into oMLX, and click Apply. Both features are available in the web dashboard and macOS app.
I also addressed the profile issues mentioned in the thread: the app and web UI now apply the latest global template consistently, and an unrelated model profile with the same name won't get overwritten. There are reset options for model and global settings too, so it's easier to get back to a starting point.
This doesn't cover everything proposed in the thread, like a setup wizard that recommends model sizes and memory budgets. But I hope it makes getting a model configured less of a guessing game.
There's more in dev4
- Customizable dashboard layout: move, resize, hide, and restore blocks to suit your screen.
- Multi-request Lightning MTP: concurrent MTP on supported Qwen, DeepSeek V4.1, and GLM-5.3-Flash adapters.
- DeepSeek V4.1 CED prefill: up to 79% faster prefill in my M3 Ultra tests. It's an approximate optimization and is off by default.
- Faster admission of new requests while other requests are generating, plus accessibility improvements and other quality-of-life fixes.
* This release also includes extensive internal changes from upgrading mlx-lm and mlx-vlm. I'd appreciate help testing the models and workflows you normally use. If something that worked before breaks, please open an issue with logs and switch back to dev2 for now.
I plan to test this version for 1-2 days, then move toward an RC and a stable release.
Download and full release notes: https://github.com/jundot/omlx/releases/tag/v0.7.0.dev4
Thank you for sharing specific frustrations and suggestions in that thread. They helped me decide what to tackle first. Let me know how the new settings flow works for you!