Implement MLX-LM For Completely Local Fine Tunes

[martymcfly1]

Could the Apple MLX-LM framework be implemented so that a user could in theory complete a full local fine tune of an MLX model on their Mac?

[scosman]

Kiln prepares the data and runs the model when fine tuning, but doesn’t manage the tuning process. You need to bring your own tuning engine, a cloud one like fireworks or a local one like unsloth. AFAIK there isn’t a great option for MLX tuning now.

[martymcfly1]

I've had success using Kiln to create the fine tuning dataset then pass it through MLX-LM on a Mac (https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm). As a manual workflow, it's not without its challenges but do-able. It could make a good feature to an already great project - completely private / offline fine tuning workflow within one solution.