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Local StudioLM Studio
Free

Free download; the research does not mention any paid plans.

 Freemium

The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…

macOS Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Supports vLLM, SGLang, MLX and llama.cpp backends
  • Single OpenAI-compatible endpoint for served models
  • Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app
  • Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
  • macOS only
  • Aimed at technical users with their own hardware
  • Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on
  • Cloud features require an account and a subscription
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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