LM Studio is a desktop app for finding, downloading and chatting with open-source LLMs entirely on your own hardware. It includes a GUI, CLI and an OpenAI-compatible local API server.
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Discover, download and run local LLMs on your desktop
What it does
LM Studio is a desktop app to find, download and chat with open models on your own hardware. It also has a command-line tool and a local server that answers in the OpenAI API format, so existing code can point at it.
Who it suits
People who want to try local models through a graphical interface, and developers who want an OpenAI-style endpoint on their own machine. It is offered for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Price
The plan that runs local models on your machine is free ($0). Two paid plans add hosted open models: Bionic+ at $20 a month and Pro at $100 a month.
Read on lmstudio.ai on 27 October 2026. Prices change: the official page is the reference.
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