LM Studio

What It Does

Run LLMs locally on your machine with a clean GUI. Download models from Hugging Face, chat with them, and serve them as a local API - no cloud, no cost, full privacy.

Available On

• Desktop - Mac, Windows, Linux native app
• Local API server - OpenAI-compatible API endpoint

Key Features

• One-click downloads - Browse and download models from Hugging Face
• Local API server - Drop-in replacement for OpenAI API on localhost
• GPU acceleration - Metal (Mac), CUDA (Nvidia), Vulkan support
• Model management - Download, delete, and switch between models easily
• Chat interface - Built-in chat UI for testing models
• Quantization options - Run large models on consumer hardware