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KoboldCppLM Studio
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL.

 Freemium

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

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • A single executable with no installation and no external dependencies
  • Runs on CPU or GPU, with partial offload for machines short on VRAM
  • Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app
  • Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
  • You still have to find and download model files yourself
  • Performance on CPU alone is slow for larger models
  • Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on
  • Cloud features require an account and a subscription
Downloadable app Downloadable app
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License: AGPL-3.0 License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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