vestige/docs/INSTALL-INTEL-MAC.md
Sam Valladares 52f1e97e14 fix: restore Intel Mac build via ort-dynamic + system libonnxruntime
Microsoft is discontinuing x86_64 macOS ONNX Runtime prebuilts after
v1.23.0, so ort-sys 2.0.0-rc.11 can't ship an Intel Mac binary and never
will. Previous Intel Mac attempts kept dying in the ort-sys build script
with "does not provide prebuilt binaries for the target x86_64-apple-darwin
with feature set (no features)." Issue #41 was the latest casualty.

Fix: route Intel Mac through the ort-dynamic feature path (runtime dlopen
against a system libonnxruntime installed via Homebrew). This sidesteps
ort-sys prebuilts entirely and works today.

Changes:

- crates/vestige-core/Cargo.toml: split `embeddings` into code-only vs
  backend-choice. The embeddings feature now just pulls fastembed + hf-hub
  + image-models and activates the 27 #[cfg(feature = "embeddings")] gates
  throughout the crate. New `ort-download` feature carries the
  download-binaries-native-tls backend (the historical default). Existing
  `ort-dynamic` feature now transitively enables `embeddings`, so the
  cfg gates stay active when users swap backends.

  Default feature set expands `["embeddings", ...]` -> `["embeddings",
  "ort-download", ...]` so existing consumers see identical behavior.

- crates/vestige-mcp/Cargo.toml: mirrors the split. Adds `ort-download`
  feature that chains to vestige-core/ort-download, keeps `ort-dynamic`
  that chains to vestige-core/ort-dynamic. Both transitively pull
  `embeddings`. Default adds `ort-download` so `cargo install vestige-mcp`
  still picks the prebuilt-ort backend like before.

- .github/workflows/ci.yml: re-adds x86_64-apple-darwin to the
  release-build matrix with `--no-default-features --features
  ort-dynamic,vector-search`. Adds a `brew install onnxruntime` step that
  sets ORT_DYLIB_PATH from `brew --prefix onnxruntime`.

- .github/workflows/release.yml: re-adds x86_64-apple-darwin to the
  release matrix with the same flags + brew install step. The Intel Mac
  tarball now also bundles docs/INSTALL-INTEL-MAC.md so binary consumers
  get the `brew install onnxruntime` + ORT_DYLIB_PATH prereq out of the
  box.

- docs/INSTALL-INTEL-MAC.md: new install guide covering the Homebrew
  prereq, binary install, source build, troubleshooting, and the v2.1
  ort-candle migration plan.

- README.md: replaces the "Intel Mac and Windows build from source only"
  paragraph with the prebuilt Intel Mac install (brew + curl + env var)
  and a link to the full guide. Platform table updated: Intel Mac back
  on the "prebuilt" list.

Verified locally on aarch64-apple-darwin:
- `cargo check --release -p vestige-mcp` -> clean (default features)
- `cargo check --release -p vestige-mcp --no-default-features
   --features ort-dynamic,vector-search` -> clean

Runtime path on Intel Mac (verified on CI):
  brew install onnxruntime
  export ORT_DYLIB_PATH=$(brew --prefix onnxruntime)/lib/libonnxruntime.dylib
  vestige-mcp --version

Fixes #41. Long-term plan (v2.1): migrate to ort-candle pure-Rust backend
so no system ONNX Runtime dep is needed on any platform.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-22 23:02:40 -05:00

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# Intel Mac Installation
The Intel Mac (`x86_64-apple-darwin`) binary links dynamically against a system
ONNX Runtime instead of a prebuilt ort-sys library. Microsoft is discontinuing
x86_64 macOS prebuilts after ONNX Runtime v1.23.0, so we use the
`ort-dynamic` feature to runtime-link against the version you install locally.
This keeps Vestige working on Intel Mac without waiting for a dead upstream.
## Prerequisite
Install ONNX Runtime via Homebrew:
```bash
brew install onnxruntime
```
## Install
```bash
# 1. Download the binary
curl -L https://github.com/samvallad33/vestige/releases/latest/download/vestige-mcp-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv vestige-mcp vestige vestige-restore /usr/local/bin/
# 2. Point the binary at Homebrew's libonnxruntime
echo 'export ORT_DYLIB_PATH="'"$(brew --prefix onnxruntime)"'/lib/libonnxruntime.dylib"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
# 3. Verify
vestige-mcp --version
# 4. Connect to Claude Code
claude mcp add vestige vestige-mcp -s user
```
`ORT_DYLIB_PATH` is how the `ort` crate's `load-dynamic` feature finds the
shared library at runtime. Without it the binary starts but fails on the first
embedding call with a "could not find libonnxruntime" error.
## Building from source
```bash
brew install onnxruntime
git clone https://github.com/samvallad33/vestige && cd vestige
cargo build --release -p vestige-mcp \
--no-default-features \
--features ort-dynamic,vector-search
export ORT_DYLIB_PATH="$(brew --prefix onnxruntime)/lib/libonnxruntime.dylib"
./target/release/vestige-mcp --version
```
## Troubleshooting
**`dyld: Library not loaded: libonnxruntime.dylib`** — `ORT_DYLIB_PATH` is not
set for the shell that spawned `vestige-mcp`. Claude Code / Codex inherits the
env vars from whatever launched it; export `ORT_DYLIB_PATH` in `~/.zshrc` or
`~/.bashrc` and restart the client.
**`error: ort-sys does not provide prebuilt binaries for the target
x86_64-apple-darwin`** — you hit this only if you ran `cargo build` without the
`--no-default-features --features ort-dynamic,vector-search` flags. The default
feature set still tries to download a non-existent prebuilt. Add the flags and
rebuild.
**Homebrew installed `onnxruntime` but `brew --prefix onnxruntime` prints
nothing** — upgrade brew (`brew update`) and retry. Older brew formulae used
`onnx-runtime` (hyphenated). If your brew still has the hyphenated formula,
substitute accordingly in the commands above.
## Long-term
Intel Mac will move to a fully pure-Rust backend (`ort-candle`) in Vestige
v2.1, removing the Homebrew prerequisite entirely. Track progress at
[issue #41](https://github.com/samvallad33/vestige/issues/41).