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Details
- Package ID
- lmstudio
- Version
- 0.4.28
- Downloads
- 14485
- Website
- https://lmstudio.ai/
Summary
LM Studio is a desktop application for discovering, downloading and running large language models on your own machine, offline.
Description
What is LM Studio?
LM Studio is a desktop application for running large language models on your own machine, with no internet connection required. This package installs it.
Features
- Runs LLMs locally and offline
- Chats with your local documents, added in version 0.3
- Serves models through the built-in chat interface or an OpenAI compatible local server
- Downloads compatible model files from Hugging Face
- Lists new and notable models on its Discover page
It supports GGUF models from Hugging Face, including Llama 3.2, Mistral, Phi, Gemma, DeepSeek, Qwen 2.5 and StarCoder.
Requirements
An M1, M2, M3 or M4 Mac, or a Windows or Linux PC with a processor that supports AVX2. LM Studio is built on the llama.cpp project.
Documentation
The technical documentation is at lmstudio.ai/docs, and release announcements go on the LM Studio blog.
Frequently asked questions
Does LM Studio collect any data?
No. Running a model locally is the point, so your data stays on your machine. See Offline Operation for the details.
What are the minimum hardware and software requirements?
The System Requirements page has the current list.