Hugging Face vs LM Studio

FeatureHugging FaceLM Studio
CategoryAI DevelopmentLocal AI Infrastructure
PricingFree + Pro $9/mo + EnterpriseFree
GitHub Stars140,000—
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Model hub
  • ✓ Datasets
  • ✓ Spaces (demos)
  • ✓ Transformers library
  • ✓ Inference API
  • ✓ Fine-tuning
  • ✓ Model discovery
  • ✓ One-click download
  • ✓ Chat UI
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ GPU acceleration
  • ✓ GGUF support
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