# Introduction

MLX joins Apple silicon Macs into one network for AI work. These docs cover the parts you can program against and the rules you can check.

## What MLX is

MLX is a network of Macs and a ledger that pays them.

- **MLX Node** is a menu bar app. It runs AI jobs that the network hands out while a Mac is idle or when its owner starts it. The Mac is paid in MLX, hour by hour.
- **The AI App Store** at [apps.mlx.app](https://apps.mlx.app) is a curated catalogue of AI apps, tools and open models for the Mac and iPhone: how MLX Node finds you the best AI for your Mac. It is live on the web and in MLX Node, in a window of its own.
- **MLX Wallet** is a passkey wallet at wallet.mlx.app. It holds MLX and USDC, buys dedicated seats and links Macs.
- **The sequencer** orders every signed transaction into hash-linked blocks, signs each block, and logs every block in an append-only Merkle log. That log is anchored hourly on Solana and daily on Bitcoin.

## What you can do with these docs

| If you want to… | Read |
| --- | --- |
| Call a model running on your own Mac from code | [Local AI](/local/overview) |
| Find AI apps, tools and models for a Mac, or read the store's catalogue | [AI App Store](/store/overview), [Catalogue API](/store/catalog) |
| Show network data in your app, or analyse it | [Network API](/network/overview), [Open data](/network/open-data) |
| Move MLX or USDC from your own code | [Transactions](/transactions/overview) |
| Check that the ledger wasn't rewritten, or that a balance is right | [Integrity](/integrity/overview) |
| Check what a seat or a Mac earns, and why | [Protocol](/protocol/overview) |
| Build a client that does network work | [MLX Node](/node/worker-protocol) |
| Buy AI jobs from the network | [Compute API](/compute/overview) (pilot) |

## How these docs are made

- **Numbers come from the code.** Prices, rates, limits and lock-ins are filled in at build time from the constants the network runs on. If the code changes, the docs change with the next release.
- **Live values are never written down.** Prices, balances and counts are read from the API; every page links the endpoint that returns them.
- **Every page is also markdown.** Add `.md` to any page's address, or use "Copy page" at the top. [docs.mlx.app/llms.txt](/resources/llms) lists every page for AI assistants.
- **What isn't built yet says so.** Pages about things still in a pilot are marked **Pilot**.