Is colibri still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v2.1.0, 7 days ago.

Some track record. 49k stars, 4 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Reading the repo

Opening the box…

How to set up colibri (JustVugg/colibri) · gitmanual

Assembly instructions

JustVugg/colibri

A hierarchical inference engine for frontier MoE models: hot experts on the GPU (CUDA, Vulkan), warm ones in RAM, cold ones streamed from NVMe. Written in C, runs on the hardware you already own.

Python

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 48,671
Activity: Updated this month
License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 201
Got it running: Be the first
Looked up: 3 h ago

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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v2.1.0, 7 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record49k stars, 4 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Start here

Website ↗justvugg.github.ioThe project's own site.

Launch script in the repo

The maintainers included start-here.sh. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

bash start-here.sh

Also: START-HERE.bat

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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Download for macOS

colibri v2.1.0 · 10/31/2026 ↗

colibri-v2.1.0-macos-arm64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Apple Silicon · 4.4 MB · 902 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/JustVugg/colibri/releases/download/v2.1.0/colibri-v2.1.0-macos-arm64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "colibri-v2.1.0-macos-arm64.tar.gz"

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