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LM Studio

Graphical app to download and chat with local models.

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Desktop app to discover, download and run open language models locally, with chat and a compatible API server.

When to use

To try local models with a graphical interface, without using the terminal.

When to avoid

If you need open source or command-line automation (Ollama).

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