Baro-mlx-mac-1.0

Baro 1.0 (MLX – Mac)

Baro is a presence-based emotional companion. It does not give advice, motivation, or solutions. It responds with calm reassurance and emotional presence.

Requirements

• Apple Silicon Mac
• Python 3.10+
• mlx-lm installed

Installation

Make sure you have Python 3.10 or newer.

Install MLX language tools:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
echo >> ~/.zprofile                                      
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv zsh)"' >> ~/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv zsh)"
brew install git git-lfs
python3 -m pip install mlx-lm huggingface_hub

Base model download(enter ur hf token):

export HF_TOKEN=hf_xxxxx
git clone https://huggingface.co/umar141/Baro-mlx-mac-1.0 
cd Baro-mlx-mac-1.0
git lfs pull
mlx_lm.convert \
  --hf-path google/gemma-3-1b-it \
  --mlx-path gemma-1b-mlx

Usage

mlx_lm.generate \
  --model gemma-1b-mlx \
  --adapter-path baro_1.0 \
  --system-prompt system_prompt.txt \
  --max-tokens 130 \
  --temp 0.6 \
  --top-p 0.9 \
  --top-k 40 \
  --min-p 0.05 \
  --extra-eos-token "\n\n" \
  --prompt "I feel empty and tired lately."