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LM Studio

Desktop app to discover, download and run local LLMs.

Pricing
Free
Free tier
Yes
Open source
No
Score
70/100 (public evidence)

Evidence score: 70/100

Scored from public evidence (hands-on testing coming). Evidence gathered 2026-10-16; 100/100 points verifiable. Unverifiable criteria are excluded, not guessed.

CriterionEvidencePointsSource
Free tiertrue20/20directory data verified 2026-10-16
Pricing claritypublic pricing page with prices15/15link
Docs qualitypublic docs/help centre found20/20link
Platform supportnone detected0/15link
Open sourcefalse0/15no public source repository listed
Recent updatespublic changelog found15/15link

Hands-on test notes: coming. Pricing checked 2026-10-16; prices change, so confirm on the vendor site.

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