LM Studio
Desktop app to download and run open-weight LLMs locally with a chat UI and local server API.
Introduction
LM Studio is a free desktop application for discovering, downloading, and running open-weight language models entirely on your own machine. It offers a polished chat interface, model management, and a local server compatible with familiar API patterns so tools can talk to models without sending data to the cloud. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux and pairs well with privacy-sensitive or offline workflows. Alongside Ollama, it is a leading path into local AI for individuals and teams.
Professional Use Cases
- Private chat: Run Llama, Mistral, or similar models locally for confidential drafting.
- Local API: Point coding tools or scripts at LM Studio's local server instead of a cloud API.
- Offline work: Keep experimenting with LLMs on flights or air-gapped machines.
Pricing
From Free / month
Lumen Trust & Privacy Note
Recently VerifiedInference stays on-device when used offline/local, earning High privacy and strong data sovereignty. The app is free to download, supporting High parity. Purpose is High—it lowers the barrier to private, local AI. Provenance is High when you choose transparent open-weight models (you still choose which weights to trust). Requires capable hardware; ideal when cloud LLM policies are too risky.
Disclaimer
Information provided may be inaccurate or outdated.
Pricing and features are subject to change by the provider.
The Lumen Trust & Privacy Note is a transparency assessment based on available provider data and should not be taken as a definitive legal or security audit.