diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 10e3bda90..103600db4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
             runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
             base-image: "ubuntu:22.04"
             skip-drivers: 'false'
-            backend: "diffusers"            
+            backend: "diffusers"
             dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
             context: "./backend"
           # CUDA 12 additional backends
@@ -957,53 +957,38 @@ jobs:
             backend: "kitten-tts"
             dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
             context: "./backend"
-  diffusers-darwin:
+  backend-jobs-darwin:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - backend: "diffusers"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-diffusers"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "mlx"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "mlx-vlm"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-vlm"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "mlx-audio"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-audio"
+            build-type: "mps"
+          - backend: "stablediffusion-ggml"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-stablediffusion-ggml"
+            build-type: "metal"
+            lang: "go"
+          - backend: "whisper"
+            tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-whisper"
+            build-type: "metal"
+            lang: "go"
     with:
-      backend: "diffusers"
-      build-type: "mps"
+      backend: ${{ matrix.backend }}
+      build-type: ${{ matrix.build-type }}
       go-version: "1.24.x"
-      tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-diffusers"
-      use-pip: true
-      runs-on: "macOS-14"
-    secrets:
-      dockerUsername: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-      dockerPassword: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-      quayUsername: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
-      quayPassword: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
-  mlx-darwin:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
-    with:
-      backend: "mlx"
-      build-type: "mps"
-      go-version: "1.24.x"
-      tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx"
-      runs-on: "macOS-14"
-    secrets:
-      dockerUsername: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-      dockerPassword: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-      quayUsername: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
-      quayPassword: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
-  mlx-vlm-darwin:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
-    with:
-      backend: "mlx-vlm"
-      build-type: "mps"
-      go-version: "1.24.x"
-      tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-vlm"
-      runs-on: "macOS-14"
-    secrets:
-      dockerUsername: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-      dockerPassword: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-      quayUsername: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
-      quayPassword: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
-  mlx-audio-darwin:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
-    with:
-      backend: "mlx-audio"
-      build-type: "mps"
-      go-version: "1.24.x"
-      tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-mlx-audio"
+      tag-suffix: ${{ matrix.tag-suffix }}
+      lang: ${{ matrix.lang || '' }}
+      use-pip: ${{ matrix.backend == 'diffusers' }}
       runs-on: "macOS-14"
     secrets:
       dockerUsername: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
index 5ec2fa4a1..c7433f571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ on:
         description: 'Use pip to install dependencies'
         default: false
         type: boolean
+      lang:
+        description: 'Programming language (e.g. go)'
+        default: 'python'
+        type: string
       go-version:
         description: 'Go version to use'
         default: '1.24.x'
@@ -49,26 +53,26 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: true
-          
+
       - name: Setup Go ${{ matrix.go-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
           cache: false
-          
+
       # You can test your matrix by printing the current Go version
       - name: Display Go version
         run: go version
-        
+
       - name: Dependencies
         run: |
           brew install protobuf grpc make protoc-gen-go protoc-gen-go-grpc libomp llvm
-          
+
       - name: Build ${{ inputs.backend }}-darwin
         run: |
           make protogen-go
-          BACKEND=${{ inputs.backend }} BUILD_TYPE=${{ inputs.build-type }} USE_PIP=${{ inputs.use-pip }} make build-darwin-python-backend
-          
+          BACKEND=${{ inputs.backend }} BUILD_TYPE=${{ inputs.build-type }} USE_PIP=${{ inputs.use-pip }} make build-darwin-${{ inputs.lang }}-backend
+
       - name: Upload ${{ inputs.backend }}.tar
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -85,20 +89,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.backend }}-tar
           path: .
-          
+
       - name: Install crane
         run: |
           curl -L https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/releases/latest/download/go-containerregistry_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar -xz
           sudo mv crane /usr/local/bin/
-          
+
       - name: Log in to DockerHub
         run: |
           echo "${{ secrets.dockerPassword }}" | crane auth login docker.io -u "${{ secrets.dockerUsername }}" --password-stdin
-          
+
       - name: Log in to quay.io
         run: |
           echo "${{ secrets.quayPassword }}" | crane auth login quay.io -u "${{ secrets.quayUsername }}" --password-stdin
-          
+
       - name: Docker meta
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           flavor: |
             latest=auto
             suffix=${{ inputs.tag-suffix }},onlatest=true
-            
+
       - name: Docker meta
         id: quaymeta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
@@ -126,13 +130,13 @@ jobs:
           flavor: |
             latest=auto
             suffix=${{ inputs.tag-suffix }},onlatest=true
-            
+
       - name: Push Docker image (DockerHub)
         run: |
           for tag in $(echo "${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}" | tr ',' '\n'); do
             crane push ${{ inputs.backend }}.tar $tag
           done
-          
+
       - name: Push Docker image (Quay)
         run: |
           for tag in $(echo "${{ steps.quaymeta.outputs.tags }}" | tr ',' '\n'); do
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_pr.yml
index c11e94c98..04b928372 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_pr.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+      matrix-darwin: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix-darwin }}
       has-backends: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.has-backends }}
+      has-backends-darwin: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.has-backends-darwin }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -56,3 +58,21 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
+  backend-jobs-darwin:
+    needs: generate-matrix
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml
+    if: needs.generate-matrix.outputs.has-backends-darwin == 'true'
+    with:
+      backend: ${{ matrix.backend }}
+      build-type: ${{ matrix.build-type }}
+      go-version: "1.24.x"
+      tag-suffix: ${{ matrix.tag-suffix }}
+      lang: ${{ matrix.lang || '' }}
+      use-pip: ${{ matrix.backend == 'diffusers' }}
+      runs-on: "macOS-14"
+    secrets:
+      quayUsername: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+      quayPassword: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-matrix.outputs.matrix-darwin) }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 819104c84..46b3bcdec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ backends/llama-cpp-darwin: build
 build-darwin-python-backend: build
 	bash ./scripts/build/python-darwin.sh
 
+build-darwin-go-backend: build
+	bash ./scripts/build/golang-darwin.sh
+
 backends/mlx:
 	BACKEND=mlx $(MAKE) build-darwin-python-backend
 	./local-ai backends install "ocifile://$(abspath ./backend-images/mlx.tar)"
@@ -392,6 +395,10 @@ backends/mlx-audio:
 	BACKEND=mlx-audio $(MAKE) build-darwin-python-backend
 	./local-ai backends install "ocifile://$(abspath ./backend-images/mlx-audio.tar)"
 
+backends/stablediffusion-ggml-darwin:
+	BACKEND=stablediffusion-ggml BUILD_TYPE=metal $(MAKE) build-darwin-go-backend
+	./local-ai backends install "ocifile://$(abspath ./backend-images/stablediffusion-ggml.tar)"
+
 backend-images:
 	mkdir -p backend-images
 
@@ -537,4 +544,4 @@ build-launcher-darwin: build-launcher
 	--outputDir "dist/"
 
 build-launcher-linux:
-	cd cmd/launcher && go run fyne.io/tools/cmd/fyne@latest package -os linux -icon ../../core/http/static/logo.png --executable $(LAUNCHER_BINARY_NAME)-linux && mv launcher.tar.xz ../../$(LAUNCHER_BINARY_NAME)-linux.tar.xz
\ No newline at end of file
+	cd cmd/launcher && go run fyne.io/tools/cmd/fyne@latest package -os linux -icon ../../core/http/static/logo.png --executable $(LAUNCHER_BINARY_NAME)-linux && mv launcher.tar.xz ../../$(LAUNCHER_BINARY_NAME)-linux.tar.xz
diff --git a/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/.gitignore b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb79b68be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package/
+sources/
+libgosd.so
+stablediffusion-ggml
diff --git a/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index f80aa2702..0d1d003e1 100644
--- a/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 add_subdirectory(./sources/stablediffusion-ggml.cpp)
 
 add_library(gosd MODULE gosd.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(gosd PRIVATE stable-diffusion ggml stdc++fs)
+target_link_libraries(gosd PRIVATE stable-diffusion ggml)
+
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9.0)
+    target_link_libraries(gosd PRIVATE stdc++fs)
+endif()
 
 target_include_directories(gosd PUBLIC
     stable-diffusion.cpp
diff --git a/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/Makefile b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/Makefile
index 816a1ab9d..20eaf05b3 100644
--- a/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/Makefile
+++ b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/Makefile
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),clblas)
 # If it's hipblas we do have also to set CC=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),hipblas)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DSD_HIPBLAS=ON -DGGML_HIPBLAS=ON
-# If it's OSX, DO NOT embed the metal library - -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON requires further investigation
-# But if it's OSX without metal, disable it here
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),vulkan)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DSD_VULKAN=ON -DGGML_VULKAN=ON
 else ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
@@ -74,10 +72,10 @@ libgosd.so: sources/stablediffusion-ggml.cpp CMakeLists.txt gosd.cpp gosd.h
 stablediffusion-ggml: main.go gosd.go libgosd.so
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOCMD) build -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o stablediffusion-ggml ./
 
-package:
+package: stablediffusion-ggml
 	bash package.sh
 
-build: stablediffusion-ggml package
+build: package
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf libgosd.o build stablediffusion-ggml
+	rm -rf libgosd.so build stablediffusion-ggml package sources
diff --git a/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/package.sh b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/package.sh
index 6e56dcd95..f8cda2f41 100755
--- a/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/package.sh
+++ b/backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/package.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath $0)")
 # Create lib directory
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
-cp -avrf $CURDIR/libgosd.so $CURDIR/package/
-cp -avrf $CURDIR/stablediffusion-ggml $CURDIR/package/
-cp -rfv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
+cp -avf $CURDIR/libgosd.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -avf $CURDIR/stablediffusion-ggml $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries
 if [ -f "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" ]; then
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ elif [ -f "/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1" ]; then
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 $CURDIR/package/lib/libdl.so.2
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 $CURDIR/package/lib/librt.so.1
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 $CURDIR/package/lib/libpthread.so.0
+elif [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+    echo "Detected Darwin"
 else
     echo "Error: Could not detect architecture"
     exit 1
diff --git a/backend/go/whisper/CMakeLists.txt b/backend/go/whisper/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a1a773e3..60cc178f2 100644
--- a/backend/go/whisper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backend/go/whisper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 add_subdirectory(./sources/whisper.cpp)
 
 add_library(gowhisper MODULE gowhisper.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(gowhisper PRIVATE whisper ggml stdc++fs)
+target_link_libraries(gowhisper PRIVATE whisper ggml)
+
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9.0)
+    target_link_libraries(gosd PRIVATE stdc++fs)
+endif()
 
 set_property(TARGET gowhisper PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set_target_properties(gowhisper PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
diff --git a/backend/go/whisper/Makefile b/backend/go/whisper/Makefile
index a976b3ae8..75beeb08d 100644
--- a/backend/go/whisper/Makefile
+++ b/backend/go/whisper/Makefile
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ libgowhisper.so: sources/whisper.cpp CMakeLists.txt gowhisper.cpp gowhisper.h
 whisper: main.go gowhisper.go libgowhisper.so
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOCMD) build -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o whisper ./
 
-package:
+package: whisper
 	bash package.sh
 
-build: whisper package
+build: package
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf libgowhisper.o build whisper
diff --git a/backend/go/whisper/package.sh b/backend/go/whisper/package.sh
index 48e03e8e5..4e5c4fee2 100755
--- a/backend/go/whisper/package.sh
+++ b/backend/go/whisper/package.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath $0)")
 # Create lib directory
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
-cp -avrf $CURDIR/whisper $CURDIR/libgowhisper.so $CURDIR/package/
-cp -rfv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
+cp -avf $CURDIR/whisper $CURDIR/libgowhisper.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries
 if [ -f "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" ]; then
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ elif [ -f "/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1" ]; then
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 $CURDIR/package/lib/libdl.so.2
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 $CURDIR/package/lib/librt.so.1
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 $CURDIR/package/lib/libpthread.so.0
+elif [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+    echo "Detected Darwin"
 else
     echo "Error: Could not detect architecture"
     exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/build/golang-darwin.sh b/scripts/build/golang-darwin.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02d502d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/golang-darwin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eux
+
+export BUILD_TYPE="${BUILD_TYPE:-metal}"
+
+mkdir -p backend-images
+make -C backend/go/${BACKEND} build
+
+PLATFORMARCH="${PLATFORMARCH:-darwin/arm64}"
+IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_NAME:-localai/${BACKEND}-darwin}"
+
+./local-ai util create-oci-image \
+        backend/go/${BACKEND}/. \
+        --output ./backend-images/${BACKEND}.tar \
+        --image-name $IMAGE_NAME \
+        --platform $PLATFORMARCH
+
+make -C backend/go/${BACKEND} clean
diff --git a/scripts/changed-backends.js b/scripts/changed-backends.js
index 717d713dc..a7083e584 100644
--- a/scripts/changed-backends.js
+++ b/scripts/changed-backends.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import { Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
 // Load backend.yml and parse matrix.include
 const backendYml = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(".github/workflows/backend.yml", "utf8"));
 const jobs = backendYml.jobs;
-const backendJob = jobs["backend-jobs"];
-const strategy = backendJob.strategy;
-const matrix = strategy.matrix;
-const includes = matrix.include;
+const backendJobs = jobs["backend-jobs"];
+const backendJobsDarwin = jobs["backend-jobs-darwin"];
+const includes = backendJobs.strategy.matrix.include;
+const includesDarwin = backendJobsDarwin.strategy.matrix.include;
 
 // Set up Octokit for PR changed files
 const token = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ function inferBackendPath(item) {
   return null;
 }
 
+function inferBackendPathDarwin(item) {
+  if (!item.lang) {
+    return `backend/python/${item.backend}/`;
+  }
+
+  return `backend/${item.lang}/${item.backend}/`;
+}
+
 (async () => {
   const changedFiles = await getChangedFiles();
 
@@ -69,11 +77,21 @@ function inferBackendPath(item) {
     return changedFiles.some(file => file.startsWith(backendPath));
   });
 
+  const filteredDarwin = includesDarwin.filter(item => {
+    const backendPath = inferBackendPathDarwin(item);
+    return changedFiles.some(file => file.startsWith(backendPath));
+  })
+
   console.log("Filtered files:", filtered);
+  console.log("Filtered files Darwin:", filteredDarwin);
 
   const hasBackends = filtered.length > 0 ? 'true' : 'false';
+  const hasBackendsDarwin = filteredDarwin.length > 0 ? 'true' : 'false';
   console.log("Has backends?:", hasBackends);
+  console.log("Has Darwin backends?:", hasBackendsDarwin);
 
   fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `has-backends=${hasBackends}\n`);
+  fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `has-backends-darwin=${hasBackendsDarwin}\n`);
   fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `matrix=${JSON.stringify({ include: filtered })}\n`);
+  fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `matrix-darwin=${JSON.stringify({ include: filteredDarwin })}\n`);
 })();