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LM Studio vs RWKV Runner: catalog facts
LM Studio	RWKV Runner
Freemium The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network	Automates model download and startup OpenAI-compatible API works with existing clients
Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on Cloud features require an account and a subscription	Focused on RWKV models only Documentation is partly aimed at Chinese-speaking users
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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