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LM StudioLM Studio — Run LLMs locally on your computer

Discover, download, and run local LLMs (like Llama 3 or Mistral) offline on your machine.

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What is LM Studio?

LM Studio is a desktop application that simplifies running large language models locally. It abstracts away the complex command-line setup, allowing any user to download models, chat with them offline, and host a local server.

Core Features

Offline Privacy: No data leaves your machine. Perfect for sensitive documents.
Model Search: Integrated Hugging Face explorer to download GGUF formats.
API Server: Host a local server on port 1234 that replicates the OpenAI API structure, making it a drop-in replacement for development.
Hardware Acceleration: Automatically configures GPU offloading to maximize speed.

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LM Studio vs Ollama

Run Llama 3, Mistral, and other large language models locally on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

LM Studio vs AnythingLLM

Turn any documents, links, or media into an offline private chatbot with zero coding.

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LM Studio · 4.5/5

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