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Local Studio vs MLX Studio: catalog facts
Local Studio	MLX Studio
Free Free download; the research does not mention any paid plans.	Free Free, with no subscription or API keys.
macOS	macOS
Supports vLLM, SGLang, MLX and llama.cpp backends Single OpenAI-compatible endpoint for served models	Chat, coding agent and image generation in one local app OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible local API server
macOS only Aimed at technical users with their own hardware	Apple Silicon Macs only, macOS 14.5 or later Large models need 16 GB or more of memory
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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