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LM Studio vs Xinference: catalog facts
LM Studio	Xinference
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	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, 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	Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls
Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on Cloud features require an account and a subscription	Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
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 23, 2026

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