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Can I run flint on a Mac with 32 GB?

Yes, with a GGUF version

The published weights are too big, but the UD-Q3_K_XL file from unsloth/flint-GGUF (18.5 GB) fits, with room for ≈ 95K tokens of context.

Full analysis of flint Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB Get the UD-Q3_K_XL file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/flint-GGUF:UD-Q3_K_XL

Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of flint (and of GGUF versions the site has analyzed), and how much context fits next to it, with the context cache in 16-bit or 8-bit.

FileSizeOn Mac with 32 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published79.6 GBDoesn't fit——
BF16unsloth/flint-GGUF79.6 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_0unsloth/flint-GGUF42.3 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q6_K_XLunsloth/flint-GGUF36.3 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q5_K_XLunsloth/flint-GGUF29.9 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q4_K_XLunsloth/flint-GGUF25.1 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q3_K_XLunsloth/flint-GGUF18.5 GBTight95K192K
UD-IQ3_XXSunsloth/flint-GGUF14.5 GBFits230K256K
UD-Q2_K_XLunsloth/flint-GGUF13.6 GBFits256K256K
UD-IQ2_XXSunsloth/flint-GGUF11.9 GBFits256K256K
UD-IQ1_Munsloth/flint-GGUF11.4 GBFits256K256K

flint on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 32 GB

Assumes 67% of the Mac's memory is usable (macOS's default limit for the GPU; it can be raised) and at least 4K tokens of context for one conversation, with the context cache in 16-bit unless noted. Fits leaves at least 20% of that memory for context; Tight leaves less.