What is LM Studio?
LM Studio is a desktop app for discovering, downloading and running open models locally with a friendly chat interface — no command line needed. It shows which models fit your hardware.
A built-in server exposes an OpenAI-compatible API so other apps can use your local models.
Key features
- Model discovery and download
- Chat UI
- Hardware-aware recommendations
- OpenAI-compatible local server
- Free for personal and work use
