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LM Studio vs Foundry Local: catalog facts
LM Studio	Foundry Local
Freemium The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…	Free Free to download from Microsoft.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Command line
Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network	Runs models entirely on the device Hardware-accelerated local inference
Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on Cloud features require an account and a subscription	Oriented toward developers building applications Licence terms are not stated in the research used here
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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