diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 22449a3b3..7b4e7f871 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -300,6 +300,19 @@ jobs:
             dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
             context: "./"
             ubuntu-version: '2404'
+          - build-type: 'cublas'
+            cuda-major-version: "12"
+            cuda-minor-version: "8"
+            platforms: 'linux/amd64'
+            tag-latest: 'auto'
+            tag-suffix: '-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-outetts'
+            runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+            base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
+            skip-drivers: 'false'
+            backend: "outetts"
+            dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
+            context: "./"
+            ubuntu-version: '2404'
           - build-type: 'cublas'
             cuda-major-version: "12"
             cuda-minor-version: "8"
@@ -1562,6 +1575,19 @@ jobs:
             dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
             context: "./"
             ubuntu-version: '2404'
+          - build-type: ''
+            cuda-major-version: ""
+            cuda-minor-version: ""
+            platforms: 'linux/amd64'
+            tag-latest: 'auto'
+            tag-suffix: '-cpu-outetts'
+            runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+            base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
+            skip-drivers: 'true'
+            backend: "outetts"
+            dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
+            context: "./"
+            ubuntu-version: '2404'
   backend-jobs-darwin:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
     strategy:
@@ -1590,6 +1616,64 @@ jobs:
             tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-whisper"
             build-type: "metal"
             lang: "go"
+          - backend: "vibevoice"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-vibevoice"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "qwen-asr"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-asr"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "qwen-tts"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-tts"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "voxcpm"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-voxcpm"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "pocket-tts"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-pocket-tts"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "moonshine"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-moonshine"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "whisperx"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-whisperx"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "rerankers"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-rerankers"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "transformers"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-transformers"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "kokoro"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-kokoro"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "faster-whisper"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-faster-whisper"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "coqui"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-coqui"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "rfdetr"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-rfdetr"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "kitten-tts"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-kitten-tts"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "piper"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-piper"
+            build-type: "metal"
+            lang: "go"
+          - backend: "silero-vad"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-silero-vad"
+            build-type: "metal"
+            lang: "go"
+          - backend: "local-store"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-local-store"
+            build-type: "metal"
+            lang: "go"
+          - backend: "huggingface"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-huggingface"
+            build-type: "metal"
+            lang: "go"
     with:
       backend: ${{ matrix.backend }}
       build-type: ${{ matrix.build-type }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2fc43331b..dba46f84f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Disable parallel execution for backend builds
-.NOTPARALLEL: backends/diffusers backends/llama-cpp backends/piper backends/stablediffusion-ggml backends/whisper backends/faster-whisper backends/silero-vad backends/local-store backends/huggingface backends/rfdetr backends/kitten-tts backends/kokoro backends/chatterbox backends/llama-cpp-darwin backends/neutts build-darwin-python-backend build-darwin-go-backend backends/mlx backends/diffuser-darwin backends/mlx-vlm backends/mlx-audio backends/stablediffusion-ggml-darwin backends/vllm backends/vllm-omni backends/moonshine backends/pocket-tts backends/qwen-tts backends/qwen-asr backends/voxcpm backends/whisperx
+.NOTPARALLEL: backends/diffusers backends/llama-cpp backends/outetts backends/piper backends/stablediffusion-ggml backends/whisper backends/faster-whisper backends/silero-vad backends/local-store backends/huggingface backends/rfdetr backends/kitten-tts backends/kokoro backends/chatterbox backends/llama-cpp-darwin backends/neutts build-darwin-python-backend build-darwin-go-backend backends/mlx backends/diffuser-darwin backends/mlx-vlm backends/mlx-audio backends/stablediffusion-ggml-darwin backends/vllm backends/vllm-omni backends/moonshine backends/pocket-tts backends/qwen-tts backends/qwen-asr backends/voxcpm backends/whisperx
 
 GOCMD=go
 GOTEST=$(GOCMD) test
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ protogen-go-clean:
 
 prepare-test-extra: protogen-python
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/outetts
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/diffusers
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/chatterbox
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vllm
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ prepare-test-extra: protogen-python
 
 test-extra: prepare-test-extra
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers test
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/outetts test
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/diffusers test
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/chatterbox test
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vllm test
@@ -451,6 +453,7 @@ BACKEND_WHISPER = whisper|golang|.|false|true
 # Python backends with root context
 BACKEND_RERANKERS = rerankers|python|.|false|true
 BACKEND_TRANSFORMERS = transformers|python|.|false|true
+BACKEND_OUTETTS = outetts|python|.|false|true
 BACKEND_FASTER_WHISPER = faster-whisper|python|.|false|true
 BACKEND_COQUI = coqui|python|.|false|true
 BACKEND_RFDETR = rfdetr|python|.|false|true
@@ -499,6 +502,7 @@ $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_STABLEDIFFUSION_GGML)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_WHISPER)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_RERANKERS)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_TRANSFORMERS)))
+$(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_OUTETTS)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_FASTER_WHISPER)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_COQUI)))
 $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_RFDETR)))
@@ -521,7 +525,7 @@ $(eval $(call generate-docker-build-target,$(BACKEND_WHISPERX)))
 docker-save-%: backend-images
 	docker save local-ai-backend:$* -o backend-images/$*.tar
 
-docker-build-backends: docker-build-llama-cpp docker-build-rerankers docker-build-vllm docker-build-vllm-omni docker-build-transformers docker-build-diffusers docker-build-kokoro docker-build-faster-whisper docker-build-coqui docker-build-chatterbox docker-build-vibevoice docker-build-moonshine docker-build-pocket-tts docker-build-qwen-tts docker-build-qwen-asr docker-build-voxcpm docker-build-whisperx
+docker-build-backends: docker-build-llama-cpp docker-build-rerankers docker-build-vllm docker-build-vllm-omni docker-build-transformers docker-build-outetts docker-build-diffusers docker-build-kokoro docker-build-faster-whisper docker-build-coqui docker-build-chatterbox docker-build-vibevoice docker-build-moonshine docker-build-pocket-tts docker-build-qwen-tts docker-build-qwen-asr docker-build-voxcpm docker-build-whisperx
 
 ########################################################
 ### Mock Backend for E2E Tests
diff --git a/backend/index.yaml b/backend/index.yaml
index c0d314577..d56cee31f 100644
--- a/backend/index.yaml
+++ b/backend/index.yaml
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     intel: "intel-rfdetr"
     #amd: "rocm-rfdetr"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-rfdetr"
+    metal: "metal-rfdetr"
     default: "cpu-rfdetr"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-rfdetr"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-rfdetr"
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-rerankers"
     intel: "intel-rerankers"
     amd: "rocm-rerankers"
+    metal: "metal-rerankers"
 - &transformers
   name: "transformers"
   icon: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25720743?s=200&v=4
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-transformers"
     intel: "intel-transformers"
     amd: "rocm-transformers"
+    metal: "metal-transformers"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-transformers"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-transformers"
 - &diffusers
@@ -282,6 +285,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-faster-whisper"
     intel: "intel-faster-whisper"
     amd: "rocm-faster-whisper"
+    metal: "metal-faster-whisper"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-faster-whisper"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-faster-whisper"
 - &moonshine
@@ -299,6 +303,7 @@
   alias: "moonshine"
   capabilities:
     nvidia: "cuda12-moonshine"
+    metal: "metal-moonshine"
     default: "cpu-moonshine"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-moonshine"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-moonshine"
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@
   capabilities:
     nvidia: "cuda12-whisperx"
     amd: "rocm-whisperx"
+    metal: "metal-whisperx"
     default: "cpu-whisperx"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-whisperx"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-whisperx"
@@ -340,6 +346,7 @@
     intel: "intel-kokoro"
     amd: "rocm-kokoro"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-kokoro"
+    metal: "metal-kokoro"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-kokoro"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-kokoro"
     nvidia-l4t-cuda-12: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-kokoro"
@@ -364,9 +371,25 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-coqui"
     intel: "intel-coqui"
     amd: "rocm-coqui"
+    metal: "metal-coqui"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-coqui"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-coqui"
   icon: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1338804?s=200&v=4
+- &outetts
+  urls:
+    - https://github.com/OuteAI/outetts
+  description: |
+    OuteTTS is an open-weight text-to-speech model from OuteAI (OuteAI/OuteTTS-0.3-1B).
+    Supports custom speaker voices via audio path or default speakers.
+  tags:
+    - text-to-speech
+    - TTS
+  license: apache-2.0
+  name: "outetts"
+  alias: "outetts"
+  capabilities:
+    default: "cpu-outetts"
+    nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-outetts"
 - &chatterbox
   urls:
     - https://github.com/resemble-ai/chatterbox
@@ -405,6 +428,7 @@
     intel: "intel-vibevoice"
     amd: "rocm-vibevoice"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-vibevoice"
+    metal: "metal-vibevoice"
     default: "cpu-vibevoice"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-vibevoice"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-vibevoice"
@@ -427,6 +451,7 @@
     intel: "intel-qwen-tts"
     amd: "rocm-qwen-tts"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-qwen-tts"
+    metal: "metal-qwen-tts"
     default: "cpu-qwen-tts"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-qwen-tts"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-qwen-tts"
@@ -449,6 +474,7 @@
     intel: "intel-qwen-asr"
     amd: "rocm-qwen-asr"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-qwen-asr"
+    metal: "metal-qwen-asr"
     default: "cpu-qwen-asr"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-qwen-asr"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-qwen-asr"
@@ -470,6 +496,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-voxcpm"
     intel: "intel-voxcpm"
     amd: "rocm-voxcpm"
+    metal: "metal-voxcpm"
     default: "cpu-voxcpm"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-voxcpm"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-voxcpm"
@@ -490,6 +517,7 @@
     intel: "intel-pocket-tts"
     amd: "rocm-pocket-tts"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-pocket-tts"
+    metal: "metal-pocket-tts"
     default: "cpu-pocket-tts"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-pocket-tts"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-pocket-tts"
@@ -655,26 +683,76 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-kitten-tts"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-kitten-tts
+- !!merge <<: *kitten-tts
+  name: "metal-kitten-tts"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-kitten-tts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-kitten-tts
+- !!merge <<: *kitten-tts
+  name: "metal-kitten-tts-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-kitten-tts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-kitten-tts
 - !!merge <<: *huggingface
   name: "huggingface-development"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-huggingface"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-huggingface
+- !!merge <<: *huggingface
+  name: "metal-huggingface"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-huggingface"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-huggingface
+- !!merge <<: *huggingface
+  name: "metal-huggingface-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-huggingface"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-huggingface
 - !!merge <<: *local-store
   name: "local-store-development"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-cpu-local-store"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-cpu-local-store
+- !!merge <<: *local-store
+  name: "metal-local-store"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-local-store"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-local-store
+- !!merge <<: *local-store
+  name: "metal-local-store-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-local-store"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-local-store
 - !!merge <<: *silero-vad
   name: "silero-vad-development"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-cpu-silero-vad"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-cpu-silero-vad
+- !!merge <<: *silero-vad
+  name: "metal-silero-vad"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-silero-vad"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-silero-vad
+- !!merge <<: *silero-vad
+  name: "metal-silero-vad-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-silero-vad"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-silero-vad
 - !!merge <<: *piper
   name: "piper-development"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-piper"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-piper
+- !!merge <<: *piper
+  name: "metal-piper"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-piper"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-piper
+- !!merge <<: *piper
+  name: "metal-piper-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-piper"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-piper
 ## llama-cpp
 - !!merge <<: *llamacpp
   name: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-llama-cpp"
@@ -1048,6 +1126,7 @@
     intel: "intel-rfdetr-development"
     #amd: "rocm-rfdetr-development"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-rfdetr-development"
+    metal: "metal-rfdetr-development"
     default: "cpu-rfdetr-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-rfdetr-development"
 - !!merge <<: *rfdetr
@@ -1115,6 +1194,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-rfdetr"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-rfdetr
+- !!merge <<: *rfdetr
+  name: "metal-rfdetr"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-rfdetr"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-rfdetr
+- !!merge <<: *rfdetr
+  name: "metal-rfdetr-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-rfdetr"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-rfdetr
 ## Rerankers
 - !!merge <<: *rerankers
   name: "rerankers-development"
@@ -1122,6 +1211,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-rerankers-development"
     intel: "intel-rerankers-development"
     amd: "rocm-rerankers-development"
+    metal: "metal-rerankers-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-rerankers-development"
 - !!merge <<: *rerankers
   name: "cuda12-rerankers"
@@ -1163,6 +1253,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-rerankers"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-rerankers
+- !!merge <<: *rerankers
+  name: "metal-rerankers"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-rerankers"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-rerankers
+- !!merge <<: *rerankers
+  name: "metal-rerankers-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-rerankers"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-rerankers
 ## Transformers
 - !!merge <<: *transformers
   name: "transformers-development"
@@ -1170,6 +1270,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-transformers-development"
     intel: "intel-transformers-development"
     amd: "rocm-transformers-development"
+    metal: "metal-transformers-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-transformers-development"
 - !!merge <<: *transformers
   name: "cuda12-transformers"
@@ -1211,6 +1312,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-transformers"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-transformers
+- !!merge <<: *transformers
+  name: "metal-transformers"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-transformers"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-transformers
+- !!merge <<: *transformers
+  name: "metal-transformers-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-transformers"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-transformers
 ## Diffusers
 - !!merge <<: *diffusers
   name: "diffusers-development"
@@ -1310,6 +1421,7 @@
     intel: "intel-kokoro-development"
     amd: "rocm-kokoro-development"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-kokoro-development"
+    metal: "metal-kokoro-development"
 - !!merge <<: *kokoro
   name: "cuda12-kokoro-development"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-kokoro"
@@ -1360,6 +1472,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-kokoro"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-kokoro
+- !!merge <<: *kokoro
+  name: "metal-kokoro"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-kokoro"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-kokoro
+- !!merge <<: *kokoro
+  name: "metal-kokoro-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-kokoro"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-kokoro
 ## faster-whisper
 - !!merge <<: *faster-whisper
   name: "faster-whisper-development"
@@ -1367,6 +1489,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-faster-whisper-development"
     intel: "intel-faster-whisper-development"
     amd: "rocm-faster-whisper-development"
+    metal: "metal-faster-whisper-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-faster-whisper-development"
 - !!merge <<: *faster-whisper
   name: "cuda12-faster-whisper-development"
@@ -1398,6 +1521,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-faster-whisper"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-faster-whisper
+- !!merge <<: *faster-whisper
+  name: "metal-faster-whisper"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-faster-whisper"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-faster-whisper
+- !!merge <<: *faster-whisper
+  name: "metal-faster-whisper-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-faster-whisper"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-faster-whisper
 ## moonshine
 - !!merge <<: *moonshine
   name: "moonshine-development"
@@ -1436,12 +1569,23 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-moonshine"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-moonshine
+- !!merge <<: *moonshine
+  name: "metal-moonshine"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-moonshine"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-moonshine
+- !!merge <<: *moonshine
+  name: "metal-moonshine-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-moonshine"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-moonshine
 ## whisperx
 - !!merge <<: *whisperx
   name: "whisperx-development"
   capabilities:
     nvidia: "cuda12-whisperx-development"
     amd: "rocm-whisperx-development"
+    metal: "metal-whisperx-development"
     default: "cpu-whisperx-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-whisperx-development"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-whisperx-development"
@@ -1485,6 +1629,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-whisperx"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-whisperx
+- !!merge <<: *whisperx
+  name: "metal-whisperx"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-whisperx"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-whisperx
+- !!merge <<: *whisperx
+  name: "metal-whisperx-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-whisperx"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-whisperx
 ## coqui
 
 - !!merge <<: *coqui
@@ -1493,6 +1647,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-coqui-development"
     intel: "intel-coqui-development"
     amd: "rocm-coqui-development"
+    metal: "metal-coqui-development"
 - !!merge <<: *coqui
   name: "cuda12-coqui"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-coqui"
@@ -1523,6 +1678,42 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-gpu-rocm-hipblas-coqui"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:latest-gpu-rocm-hipblas-coqui
+- !!merge <<: *coqui
+  name: "metal-coqui"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-coqui"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-coqui
+- !!merge <<: *coqui
+  name: "metal-coqui-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-coqui"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-coqui
+## outetts
+- !!merge <<: *outetts
+  name: "outetts-development"
+  capabilities:
+    default: "cpu-outetts-development"
+    nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-outetts-development"
+- !!merge <<: *outetts
+  name: "cpu-outetts"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-cpu-outetts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-cpu-outetts
+- !!merge <<: *outetts
+  name: "cpu-outetts-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-cpu-outetts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-cpu-outetts
+- !!merge <<: *outetts
+  name: "cuda12-outetts"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-outetts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-outetts
+- !!merge <<: *outetts
+  name: "cuda12-outetts-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-outetts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-outetts
 ## chatterbox
 - !!merge <<: *chatterbox
   name: "chatterbox-development"
@@ -1603,6 +1794,7 @@
     intel: "intel-vibevoice-development"
     amd: "rocm-vibevoice-development"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-vibevoice-development"
+    metal: "metal-vibevoice-development"
     default: "cpu-vibevoice-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-vibevoice-development"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-vibevoice-development"
@@ -1678,6 +1870,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-vibevoice"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-vibevoice
+- !!merge <<: *vibevoice
+  name: "metal-vibevoice"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-vibevoice"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-vibevoice
+- !!merge <<: *vibevoice
+  name: "metal-vibevoice-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-vibevoice"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-vibevoice
 ## qwen-tts
 - !!merge <<: *qwen-tts
   name: "qwen-tts-development"
@@ -1686,6 +1888,7 @@
     intel: "intel-qwen-tts-development"
     amd: "rocm-qwen-tts-development"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-qwen-tts-development"
+    metal: "metal-qwen-tts-development"
     default: "cpu-qwen-tts-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-qwen-tts-development"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-qwen-tts-development"
@@ -1761,6 +1964,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-qwen-tts"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-qwen-tts
+- !!merge <<: *qwen-tts
+  name: "metal-qwen-tts"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-tts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-tts
+- !!merge <<: *qwen-tts
+  name: "metal-qwen-tts-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-tts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-tts
 ## qwen-asr
 - !!merge <<: *qwen-asr
   name: "qwen-asr-development"
@@ -1769,6 +1982,7 @@
     intel: "intel-qwen-asr-development"
     amd: "rocm-qwen-asr-development"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-qwen-asr-development"
+    metal: "metal-qwen-asr-development"
     default: "cpu-qwen-asr-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-qwen-asr-development"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-qwen-asr-development"
@@ -1844,6 +2058,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-qwen-asr"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-qwen-asr
+- !!merge <<: *qwen-asr
+  name: "metal-qwen-asr"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-asr"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-asr
+- !!merge <<: *qwen-asr
+  name: "metal-qwen-asr-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-asr"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-qwen-asr
 ## voxcpm
 - !!merge <<: *voxcpm
   name: "voxcpm-development"
@@ -1851,6 +2075,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-voxcpm-development"
     intel: "intel-voxcpm-development"
     amd: "rocm-voxcpm-development"
+    metal: "metal-voxcpm-development"
     default: "cpu-voxcpm-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-voxcpm-development"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-voxcpm-development"
@@ -1904,6 +2129,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-rocm-hipblas-voxcpm"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-rocm-hipblas-voxcpm
+- !!merge <<: *voxcpm
+  name: "metal-voxcpm"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-voxcpm"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-voxcpm
+- !!merge <<: *voxcpm
+  name: "metal-voxcpm-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-voxcpm"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-voxcpm
 ## pocket-tts
 - !!merge <<: *pocket-tts
   name: "pocket-tts-development"
@@ -1912,6 +2147,7 @@
     intel: "intel-pocket-tts-development"
     amd: "rocm-pocket-tts-development"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-pocket-tts-development"
+    metal: "metal-pocket-tts-development"
     default: "cpu-pocket-tts-development"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-pocket-tts-development"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-pocket-tts-development"
@@ -1987,3 +2223,13 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-pocket-tts"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-pocket-tts
+- !!merge <<: *pocket-tts
+  name: "metal-pocket-tts"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-pocket-tts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-pocket-tts
+- !!merge <<: *pocket-tts
+  name: "metal-pocket-tts-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-pocket-tts"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-pocket-tts
diff --git a/backend/python/chatterbox/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/chatterbox/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..620ce159f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/chatterbox/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+torch
+torchaudio
+accelerate
+numpy>=1.24.0,<1.26.0
+transformers
+# https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6240#issuecomment-3329518289
+chatterbox-tts@git+https://git@github.com/mudler/chatterbox.git@faster
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/coqui/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/coqui/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2883e977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/coqui/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+transformers==4.48.3
+accelerate
+coqui-tts
diff --git a/backend/python/faster-whisper/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/faster-whisper/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc1ea5601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/faster-whisper/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+faster-whisper
+opencv-python
+accelerate
+compel
+peft
+sentencepiece
+optimum-quanto
diff --git a/backend/python/kitten-tts/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/kitten-tts/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e70441dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/kitten-tts/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+grpcio==1.71.0
+protobuf
+certifi
+packaging==24.1
+https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS/releases/download/0.1/kittentts-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
diff --git a/backend/python/kokoro/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/kokoro/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c365eb29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/kokoro/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+transformers
+accelerate
+kokoro
+soundfile
diff --git a/backend/python/moonshine/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/moonshine/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79bfb3c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/moonshine/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+grpcio==1.71.0
+protobuf
+grpcio-tools
+useful-moonshine-onnx@git+https://git@github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine.git#subdirectory=moonshine-onnx
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/Makefile b/backend/python/outetts/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d3504d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.PHONY: outetts
+outetts:
+	bash install.sh
+
+.PHONY: run
+run: outetts
+	@echo "Running outetts..."
+	bash run.sh
+	@echo "outetts run."
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: outetts
+	@echo "Testing outetts..."
+	bash test.sh
+	@echo "outetts tested."
+
+.PHONY: protogen-clean
+protogen-clean:
+	$(RM) backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: protogen-clean
+	rm -rf venv __pycache__
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/backend.py b/backend/python/outetts/backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d98cc59e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+gRPC server for OuteTTS (OuteAI TTS) models.
+"""
+from concurrent import futures
+
+import argparse
+import signal
+import sys
+import os
+import asyncio
+
+import backend_pb2
+import backend_pb2_grpc
+
+import grpc
+import outetts
+
+_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24
+
+MAX_WORKERS = int(os.environ.get('PYTHON_GRPC_MAX_WORKERS', '1'))
+
+
+class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
+    def Health(self, request, context):
+        return backend_pb2.Reply(message=bytes("OK", 'utf-8'))
+
+    def LoadModel(self, request, context):
+        model_name = request.Model
+        if os.path.exists(request.ModelFile):
+            model_name = request.ModelFile
+
+        self.options = {}
+        for opt in request.Options:
+            if ":" not in opt:
+                continue
+            key, value = opt.split(":", 1)
+            try:
+                if "." in value:
+                    value = float(value)
+                else:
+                    value = int(value)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+            self.options[key] = value
+
+        MODELNAME = "OuteAI/OuteTTS-0.3-1B"
+        TOKENIZER = "OuteAI/OuteTTS-0.3-1B"
+        VERSION = "0.3"
+        SPEAKER = "en_male_1"
+        for opt in request.Options:
+            if opt.startswith("tokenizer:"):
+                TOKENIZER = opt.split(":")[1]
+                break
+            if opt.startswith("version:"):
+                VERSION = opt.split(":")[1]
+                break
+            if opt.startswith("speaker:"):
+                SPEAKER = opt.split(":")[1]
+                break
+
+        if model_name != "":
+            MODELNAME = model_name
+
+        try:
+            model_config = outetts.HFModelConfig_v2(
+                model_path=MODELNAME,
+                tokenizer_path=TOKENIZER
+            )
+            self.interface = outetts.InterfaceHF(model_version=VERSION, cfg=model_config)
+
+            self.interface.print_default_speakers()
+            if request.AudioPath:
+                if os.path.isabs(request.AudioPath):
+                    self.AudioPath = request.AudioPath
+                else:
+                    self.AudioPath = os.path.join(request.ModelPath, request.AudioPath)
+                self.speaker = self.interface.create_speaker(audio_path=self.AudioPath)
+            else:
+                self.speaker = self.interface.load_default_speaker(name=SPEAKER)
+
+            if request.ContextSize > 0:
+                self.max_tokens = request.ContextSize
+            else:
+                self.max_tokens = self.options.get("max_new_tokens", 512)
+
+        except Exception as err:
+            print("Error:", err, file=sys.stderr)
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
+        return backend_pb2.Result(message="Model loaded successfully", success=True)
+
+    def TTS(self, request, context):
+        try:
+            text = request.text if request.text else "Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech."
+            print("[OuteTTS] generating TTS", file=sys.stderr)
+            gen_cfg = outetts.GenerationConfig(
+                text=text,
+                temperature=self.options.get("temperature", 0.1),
+                repetition_penalty=self.options.get("repetition_penalty", 1.1),
+                max_length=self.max_tokens,
+                speaker=self.speaker,
+            )
+            output = self.interface.generate(config=gen_cfg)
+            print("[OuteTTS] Generated TTS", file=sys.stderr)
+            output.save(request.dst)
+            print("[OuteTTS] TTS done", file=sys.stderr)
+        except Exception as err:
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
+        return backend_pb2.Result(success=True)
+
+
+async def serve(address):
+    server = grpc.aio.server(
+        migration_thread_pool=futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MAX_WORKERS),
+        options=[
+            ('grpc.max_message_length', 50 * 1024 * 1024),
+            ('grpc.max_send_message_length', 50 * 1024 * 1024),
+            ('grpc.max_receive_message_length', 50 * 1024 * 1024),
+        ])
+    backend_pb2_grpc.add_BackendServicer_to_server(BackendServicer(), server)
+    server.add_insecure_port(address)
+
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    for sig in (signal.SIGINT, signal.SIGTERM):
+        loop.add_signal_handler(
+            sig, lambda: asyncio.ensure_future(server.stop(5))
+        )
+
+    await server.start()
+    print("Server started. Listening on: " + address, file=sys.stderr)
+    await server.wait_for_termination()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run the OuteTTS gRPC server.")
+    parser.add_argument("--addr", default="localhost:50051", help="The address to bind the server to.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    asyncio.run(serve(args.addr))
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/install.sh b/backend/python/outetts/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4136d8765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+backend_dir=$(dirname $0)
+if [ -d $backend_dir/common ]; then
+    source $backend_dir/common/libbackend.sh
+else
+    source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
+fi
+
+installRequirements
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cpu.txt b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cpu.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..569fdaf87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cpu.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+llvmlite==0.43.0
+numba==0.60.0
+accelerate
+bitsandbytes
+outetts
+protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cublas12.txt b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cublas12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31683be0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cublas12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+accelerate
+llvmlite==0.43.0
+numba==0.60.0
+bitsandbytes
+protobuf==6.33.5
+outetts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cublas13.txt b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cublas13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1aea423c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-cublas13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu130
+torch==2.9.0
+llvmlite==0.43.0
+numba==0.60.0
+bitsandbytes
+outetts
+protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/requirements-hipblas.txt b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-hipblas.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cd505db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-hipblas.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm6.4
+torch==2.8.0+rocm6.4
+accelerate
+llvmlite==0.43.0
+numba==0.60.0
+bitsandbytes
+outetts
+protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/requirements-intel.txt b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-intel.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15dd184f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/requirements-intel.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/xpu
+torch
+optimum[openvino]
+llvmlite==0.43.0
+numba==0.60.0
+bitsandbytes
+outetts
+protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/requirements.txt b/backend/python/outetts/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85d3d9a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+grpcio==1.76.0
+protobuf==6.33.5
+certifi
+setuptools
+scipy==1.15.1
+numpy>=2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/run.sh b/backend/python/outetts/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eae121f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+backend_dir=$(dirname $0)
+if [ -d $backend_dir/common ]; then
+    source $backend_dir/common/libbackend.sh
+else
+    source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
+fi
+
+startBackend $@
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/test.py b/backend/python/outetts/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7400d684a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""
+Test script for the OuteTTS gRPC service.
+"""
+import unittest
+import subprocess
+import time
+import backend_pb2
+import backend_pb2_grpc
+
+import grpc
+
+
+class TestBackendServicer(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.service = subprocess.Popen(["python3", "backend.py", "--addr", "localhost:50051"])
+        time.sleep(5)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.service.terminate()
+        self.service.wait()
+
+    def test_health(self):
+        try:
+            with grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:50051") as channel:
+                stub = backend_pb2_grpc.BackendStub(channel)
+                response = stub.Health(backend_pb2.HealthMessage())
+                self.assertEqual(response.message, b'OK')
+        except Exception as err:
+            self.fail(f"Health check failed: {err}")
+        finally:
+            self.tearDown()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/backend/python/outetts/test.sh b/backend/python/outetts/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb59f2aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/outetts/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+backend_dir=$(dirname $0)
+if [ -d $backend_dir/common ]; then
+    source $backend_dir/common/libbackend.sh
+else
+    source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
+fi
+
+runUnittests
diff --git a/backend/python/rerankers/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/rerankers/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4064c1c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/rerankers/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+transformers
+accelerate
+rerankers[transformers]
diff --git a/backend/python/rfdetr/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/rfdetr/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a00e6d324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/rfdetr/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+rfdetr
+opencv-python
+accelerate
+peft
+inference
+optimum-quanto
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/backend.py b/backend/python/transformers/backend.py
index 05713b917..450664d6b 100644
--- a/backend/python/transformers/backend.py
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/backend.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ XPU=os.environ.get("XPU", "0") == "1"
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModel, set_seed, TextIteratorStreamer, StoppingCriteriaList, StopStringCriteria, MambaConfig, MambaForCausalLM
 from transformers import AutoProcessor, MusicgenForConditionalGeneration, DiaForConditionalGeneration
 from scipy.io import wavfile
-import outetts
 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 
 
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
 
         self.CUDA = torch.cuda.is_available()
         self.OV=False
-        self.OuteTTS=False
         self.DiaTTS=False
         self.SentenceTransformer = False
 
@@ -239,45 +237,6 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
                     self.processor = self.processor.to("cuda")
                 print("DiaForConditionalGeneration loaded", file=sys.stderr)
                 self.DiaTTS = True
-            elif request.Type == "OuteTTS":
-                autoTokenizer = False
-                options = request.Options
-                MODELNAME = "OuteAI/OuteTTS-0.3-1B"
-                TOKENIZER = "OuteAI/OuteTTS-0.3-1B"
-                VERSION = "0.3"
-                SPEAKER = "en_male_1"
-                for opt in options:
-                    if opt.startswith("tokenizer:"):
-                        TOKENIZER = opt.split(":")[1]
-                        break
-                    if opt.startswith("version:"):
-                        VERSION = opt.split(":")[1]
-                        break
-                    if opt.startswith("speaker:"):
-                        SPEAKER = opt.split(":")[1]
-                        break
-                
-                if model_name != "":
-                    MODELNAME = model_name
-
-                # Configure the model
-                model_config = outetts.HFModelConfig_v2(
-                    model_path=MODELNAME,
-                    tokenizer_path=TOKENIZER
-                )
-                # Initialize the interface
-                self.interface = outetts.InterfaceHF(model_version=VERSION, cfg=model_config)
-                self.OuteTTS = True
-
-                self.interface.print_default_speakers()
-                if request.AudioPath:
-                    if os.path.isabs(request.AudioPath):
-                        self.AudioPath = request.AudioPath
-                    else:
-                        self.AudioPath = os.path.join(request.ModelPath, request.AudioPath)
-                    self.speaker = self.interface.create_speaker(audio_path=self.AudioPath)
-                else:
-                    self.speaker = self.interface.load_default_speaker(name=SPEAKER)               
             elif request.Type == "SentenceTransformer":
                 autoTokenizer = False
                 self.model = SentenceTransformer(model_name, trust_remote_code=request.TrustRemoteCode)
@@ -588,30 +547,8 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
         return backend_pb2.Result(success=True)
 
 
-    def CallOuteTTS(self, request, context):
-        try:
-            print("[OuteTTS] generating TTS", file=sys.stderr)
-            gen_cfg = outetts.GenerationConfig(
-                text="Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech.",
-                temperature=self.options.get("temperature", 0.1),
-                repetition_penalty=self.options.get("repetition_penalty", 1.1),
-                max_length=self.max_tokens,
-                speaker=self.speaker,
-                # voice_characteristics="upbeat enthusiasm, friendliness, clarity, professionalism, and trustworthiness"
-            )
-            output = self.interface.generate(config=gen_cfg)
-            print("[OuteTTS] Generated TTS", file=sys.stderr)
-            output.save(request.dst)
-            print("[OuteTTS] TTS done", file=sys.stderr)
-        except Exception as err:
-            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
-        return backend_pb2.Result(success=True)
-
 # The TTS endpoint is older, and provides fewer features, but exists for compatibility reasons
     def TTS(self, request, context):
-        if self.OuteTTS:
-            return self.CallOuteTTS(request, context)
-        
         if self.DiaTTS:
             print("DiaTTS", file=sys.stderr)
             return self.CallDiaTTS(request, context)
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cpu.txt b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cpu.txt
index 50eac2783..d6e385868 100644
--- a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cpu.txt
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cpu.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ numba==0.60.0
 accelerate
 transformers
 bitsandbytes
-outetts
 sentence-transformers==5.2.2
 protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas12.txt b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas12.txt
index ed5b2e6ab..028e4f191 100644
--- a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas12.txt
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas12.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ llvmlite==0.43.0
 numba==0.60.0
 transformers
 bitsandbytes
-outetts
 sentence-transformers==5.2.2
 protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas13.txt b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas13.txt
index d670184ba..fa375851c 100644
--- a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas13.txt
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas13.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ llvmlite==0.43.0
 numba==0.60.0
 transformers
 bitsandbytes
-outetts
 sentence-transformers==5.2.2
 protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-hipblas.txt b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-hipblas.txt
index 7a868a05b..49ccf3f25 100644
--- a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-hipblas.txt
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-hipblas.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ transformers
 llvmlite==0.43.0
 numba==0.60.0
 bitsandbytes
-outetts
-bitsandbytes
 sentence-transformers==5.2.2
 protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-intel.txt b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-intel.txt
index af2ecaf24..233b84bd5 100644
--- a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-intel.txt
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-intel.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ llvmlite==0.43.0
 numba==0.60.0
 transformers
 bitsandbytes
-outetts
 sentence-transformers==5.2.2
 protobuf==6.33.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3439a720e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+torch==2.7.1
+llvmlite==0.43.0
+numba==0.60.0
+accelerate
+transformers
+bitsandbytes
+sentence-transformers==5.2.2
+protobuf==6.33.5
diff --git a/backend/python/whisperx/install.sh b/backend/python/whisperx/install.sh
index 9a4f7c733..7a3490001 100755
--- a/backend/python/whisperx/install.sh
+++ b/backend/python/whisperx/install.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ else
     source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
 fi
 
-EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --index-strategy unsafe-best-match"
+if [ "x${BUILD_PROFILE}" != "xmetal" ] && [ "x${BUILD_PROFILE}" != "xmps" ]; then
+    EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --index-strategy unsafe-best-match"
+fi
 
 installRequirements
diff --git a/backend/python/whisperx/requirements-mps.txt b/backend/python/whisperx/requirements-mps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b6f2d82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/whisperx/requirements-mps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+torch
+whisperx @ git+https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX.git
diff --git a/gallery/index.yaml b/gallery/index.yaml
index 344e64fba..cd06707db 100644
--- a/gallery/index.yaml
+++ b/gallery/index.yaml
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@
     - gpu
     - text-to-speech
   overrides:
-    backend: "transformers"
+    backend: "outetts"
     name: "outetts"
     description: "OuteTTS is a 1.6B parameter text to speech model created by OuteAI."
     parameters: