LM Studio
Desktop app for discovering, downloading, and running local LLMs with a built-in API server
LM Studio is a desktop application for running large language models locally on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It bundles model discovery (from Hugging Face), GPU-accelerated inference (via llama.cpp and MLX), a chat UI, and an OpenAI-compatible local server in one app. Free for personal and work use. The CLI (lms), JS SDK, and Python SDK are MIT-licensed open source, the desktop app itself is proprietary. Built by Element Labs.
Pricing: Free
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