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LM Studio vs Unsloth Desktop: catalog facts
LM Studio	Unsloth Desktop
Freemium The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…	Free Free and open source.
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	Runs and trains models locally without writing code Image and video generation alongside text chat
Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on Cloud features require an account and a subscription	Still in beta Large models need capable GPU hardware
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	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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