LM Studio is a desktop application for macOS, Windows and Linux that downloads and runs open-weight models on the user's own machine. It includes a chat interface and a local server compatible with the OpenAI API. Its Bionic agent can create documents, slides, PDFs and code using local or hosted models. The free plan covers local use; Bionic+ at $20 per month and Pro at $100 per month add US-hosted models and more usage.
Price note: $20/mo (Bionic+)
Categories: LLM & Chatbots
Tags: local-llm, desktop, open-models, privacy
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