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Swama vs LM Studio: catalog facts
Swama	LM Studio
Free Free, with source published on GitHub.	Freemium The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Native Swift implementation on MLX Supports text, vision, embedding, speech recognition and speech synthesis models	Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
Apple Silicon Macs only Smaller project than established model runners	Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on Cloud features require an account and a subscription
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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