MLX Data

by Apple

Audio + image data loaders for MLX training.

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TL;DR

Best for building Whisper-fine-tune pipelines on Apple Silicon. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
MIT
Stars
★ 480
Last push
2025-10-01
Pricing
free
Platforms
macOS

What it is

Data-loading library to feed MLX models efficiently. MIT.

Best for: Building Whisper-fine-tune pipelines on Apple Silicon.
Watch out for: Newer than torch-audio; smaller dataset coverage.

Install / use

pip install mlx-data

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

Links

GitHub repo ↗

MLX Data vs Whipscribe

FeatureMLX DataWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfree$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsmacOSWeb, API, MCP

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