LM Studio
Desktop app to discover and run local LLMs.
Polished desktop app for downloading, chatting with and serving local models, with MLX support on Mac.
- Vendor
- Element Labs
- Category
- Inference & model hosting
- Pricing
- Free
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows, Linux
- Launched
- 2023
- Website
- lmstudio.ai
Features
- Model discovery
- MLX & GGUF
- Local server
Best for
- Local & on-device
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