Local runtime · Desktop runner

LM Studio

Desktop application and local server for discovering, downloading, and running language models on a personal machine, with a command-line interface and headless mode for unattended hosts.

Maintainer

Element Labs

Accelerators

CPU · NVIDIA CUDA · AMD ROCm · Apple Metal · Vulkan

Model formats

GGUF · MLX

Source model

Mixed open and proprietary

Licenses

Proprietary · MIT License

Boundary

Represents the local model runner and its server. Its chat window is how local execution is exercised rather than a broad conversational workspace with durable projects and connected information, so the product is curated as a runtime rather than an assistant.

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