LM Studio is a desktop application for discovering, downloading and chatting with local language models through a graphical interface. It covers the same ground as Ollama but without requiring a terminal, which makes it a gentler starting point. It includes a model browser, a chat window, and a local server mode that exposes an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for other applications. Available for Windows, macOS and Linux, with hardware-aware guidance about which models your machine can realistically run.
Pricing: Free
