Ollama
Run language models locally on CPU or GPU with one command.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 182k
- Deployment
- Binary, Docker
Open-source alternatives to LM Studio
LM Studio by Element Labs in the AI category. These are the open alternatives we recommend looking at.
LM Studio is free but not open source (see freeware.json). OSS alternatives are listed below.
Open WebUI
Very popular chat interface for local and remote models.
SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: Unclear – verify
- GitHub stars
- 154k
- Deployment
- Docker
llama.cpp
C/C++ engine for running language models locally, even without a GPU.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 130k
- Deployment
- Library
LocalAI
Self-hosted drop-in for the OpenAI API that runs language, image and voice models on your own hardware.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 49.4k
- Deployment
- Docker
Text Generation WebUI
Web interface for running language models locally, with an OpenAI-compatible API.
AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)
SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 47.7k
- Deployment
- Desktop
Jan
Desktop app for chatting with language models locally, fully offline.
Apache-2.0Permissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 44.8k
- Deployment
- Desktop
KoboldCpp
Single-file program that runs GGUF language models locally with its own web interface.
AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)
SaaS: Yes, with conditionsClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 11.9k
- Deployment
- Desktop
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