LM Studio Alternatives

LM Studio is described as 'Discover, download, and run local LLMs' and is a AI Chatbot in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 25 alternatives to LM Studio for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best LM Studio alternative is Ollama, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LM Studio are GPT4ALL, Jan.ai, Open WebUI and AnythingLLM.

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LM Studio alternatives are mainly AI Chatbots, but if you're looking for Large Language Model (LLM) Tools or AI Writing Tools you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to LM Studio.
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  1. Khoj icon
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    Khoj is an open-source AI second brain that learns from your notes (Obsidian, EMACS), documents, and has access to the internet. It can replace your search engine, help you with reading papers, and get you transparent, fast answers.

    177 Khoj alternatives

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  2. Private GPT icon
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    Ask questions to your documents without an internet connection, using the power of LLMs. 100% private, no data leaves your execution environment at any point. You can ingest documents and ask questions without an internet connection!

    238 Private GPT alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
     
  3. Onit AI Copilot offers a comprehensive desktop AI chat assistant with local processing and multi-provider support. It prioritizes customization, extensibility, and user privacy by operating entirely on-device without needing an internet connection, ensuring data security.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  4. ChatRTX is a locally-run AI chatbot developed by NVIDIA that leverages the power of RTX GPUs to deliver fast, private, and offline conversational AI. It uses models like Mistral or LLaMA and can be customized with your own documents and data.

    12 NVIDIA ChatRTX alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • NVIDIA vGPU
     
  5. Backyard AI icon
     14 likes

    Run open-source LLMs on your computer. You can download and make custom characters for your models. Works offline. The new name is Back yard though it is the same.

    196 Backyard AI alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  6. Tool for downloading AI and machine learning models from Hugging Face, Model Scope, and Civitai on Windows, featuring command line and GUI options, efficient management of large file downloads, integrity checks, and progress monitoring for users.

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    • Windows
     
  7. Warden icon
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    Warden is a minimalist, simple and beautiful macOS AI chat app, that supports most AI providers: ChatGPT, Anthropic (Claude), xAI (Grok), Google Gemini, Perplexity, Groq, Local LLMs through Ollama, OpenRouter, and almost any OpenAI-compatible APIs.

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    • Mac
     
  8. Inferencer icon
     3 likes

    Inferencer lets you run, host and deeply control the latest SOTA AI models (OSS, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM and more) from your own computer.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. ANIE icon
     1 like

    Experience AI chat on macOS with a SwiftUI-designed client utilizing Swift, CoreML, and BERT for native performance. Enjoy privacy-focused, intuitive chats with intelligent AI responses, profile customization, and full control via editable chat history and message rewind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  10. KoboldCpp icon
     9 likes

    KoboldCpp is an easy-to-use AI text-generation software for GGML models. It's a single self contained distributable from Concedo, that builds off llama.cpp, and adds a versatile Kobold API endpoint, additional format support, backward compatibility, as well as a fancy UI...

    15 KoboldCpp alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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