Managing local LLMs is messy. You've got models scattered across LM Studio, the HuggingFace CLI cache, maybe a few random folders — and finding, downloading, or removing one means juggling a browser, two terminals, and hopping between tools that don't talk to each other.
Model Hub brings it all into one place.
A macOS menu-bar app that surfaces every local model you have, lets you browse and download from HuggingFace, and gives you the basic management tools you need — all from the menu bar.
- See every local model in one list — scans LM Studio
(
~/.lmstudio/models/) and the HuggingFace cache (~/.cache/huggingface/hub/) every time you open the menu. - Browse and search HuggingFace — top text-generation models load by default; type to search live.
- Download with one click — progress, pause, and resume from the menu
bar. Models land in the standard HuggingFace cache layout so they're
immediately usable by
transformers,mlx-lm,llama.cpp,ollama, and other tools. - Manage your models — copy a model's ID to the clipboard, reveal in Finder, move to Trash, sort by size or date, and filter as you type. A pulsing green dot shows which model is currently loaded in LM Studio.
Download the latest release → github.com/conscious-engines/modelhub/releases
Drop the app into /Applications and launch. It runs as a menu-bar agent
(no Dock icon).
Or build from source (requires Xcode 26+ and macOS 26+):
open modelhub.xcodeproj
# Build & Run (⌘R)MIT.