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LM Studio
BuildPrivacyLocal
Pricing
- Free
LM Studio runs open-source language models on your own hardware. Llama, Mistral, Phi, Gemma. Pick a model, hit download, and you get a ChatGPT-style chat UI plus a local API server that speaks OpenAI's format. No account. No data leaves the machine. No recurring bill. It is built for people who want AI without cloud dependencies, including job seekers who just lost access to employer tools. The minimum is a modern computer with 8GB of RAM, with 16GB recommended. Apple Silicon Macs and NVIDIA GPUs run it best.
Best For
Anyone who wants to run AI locally for privacy, cost savings, or offline access, especially people between jobs who lose employer-provided AI tools.