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LM Studio

Finds, downloads and runs open AI models on your computer in one desktop app

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What it does

LM Studio is a free desktop app from Element Labs for finding, downloading and running AI models on your own computer. You search models from Hugging Face, chat with them in a simple interface, connect MCP servers, and can serve models to other apps through an OpenAI-compatible local server. It suits people who want to try open models privately, including offline once the models are downloaded.

It covers the whole local-model routine in one window, from search and download to chat and a local API for other apps.

Before you start

  • A computer with macOS, Windows or Linux.
  • An Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 14+, a Windows PC (x64 with AVX2, or ARM) or Ubuntu 20.04+
  • 16 GB of RAM or more is recommended for running models
  • Free. Nothing to pay.

How to start

  1. Get the appDownload it from the official page, or paste the install request into an AI agent you already use.
  2. Open itFollow the first-run steps in the app.
  3. Give it a first taskDescribe what you want in your own words, and check the first result before relying on it.

Steps follow the creator's instructions.

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