About LM Studio
LM Studio is a desktop application for discovering, downloading, and running local LLMs. It provides a clean chat interface, an OpenAI-compatible API server, and supports GGUF models with automatic GPU detection and optimization.
Features
✦Model discovery
✦One-click download
✦Chat UI
✦OpenAI-compatible API
✦GPU acceleration
✦GGUF support
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Beautiful desktop UI
- +One-click model downloads
- +OpenAI-compatible local server
- +Automatic GPU optimization
- +Great for beginners
Cons
- −macOS/Windows only (no Linux GUI)
- −Closed-source
- −Limited advanced configuration
- −Slower than Ollama for API use
Platforms
macOSLinuxWindows
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