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LM Studio
Desktop GUI for downloading and running local LLMs — beginner-friendly, GPU-optimised.
Add LM Studio to your hut →LM Studio is a desktop application for discovering, downloading, and running large language models locally — with no command line required. It browses the Hugging Face model library, handles downloading and GGUF quantisation selection, configures GPU layers automatically, and provides a built-in chat UI. Runs on Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows, and Linux. A local server mode exposes an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for connecting IDE extensions and other tools.
Free to download and use. Most often compared to Ollama — LM Studio's edge is the beginner-friendly GUI and visual model management; Ollama's is the CLI-first approach and more seamless developer tooling integration. Many people use both: LM Studio for discovering models, Ollama for serving them.
| Made by | LM Studio |
|---|---|
| Pricing | Free |
| Best for | Beginner-friendly local LLMs, Mac Apple Silicon, desktop GUI, model discovery |
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