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LM Studio vs Ollamac: catalog facts
LM Studio	Ollamac
Freemium The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…	Free Free and open source, distributed only through the official GitHub repository.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network	Native macOS interface for Ollama models Free, with no commercial edition
Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on Cloud features require an account and a subscription	Mac only, and requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later Needs Ollama installed separately with a model already pulled
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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