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Foundry LocalLM Studio
Free

Free to download from Microsoft.

 Freemium

The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…

Windows, macOS, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Runs models entirely on the device
  • Hardware-accelerated local inference
  • Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app
  • Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
  • Oriented toward developers building applications
  • Licence terms are not stated in the research used here
  • Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on
  • Cloud features require an account and a subscription
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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