What happened to LM Studio?
discontinued The registry marked LM Studio discontinued on 2026-09-01: its check failed three consecutive times. Last successful sync: 2026-08-20.
LM Studio offers fast and secure local LLM running and download services, supporting various models like LLaMa, MPT, and Gemma. It allows users to run LLMs on their laptop entirely offline, use models through the in-app Chat UI or an OpenAI compatible local server, download compatible model files from Hugging Face repositories, and discover new & noteworthy LLMs in the app's home page. It simplifies the use of open-source large language models (LLMs) without needing programming skills.
Live alternatives
No active same-category alternatives in the registry yet. The tools index carries everything else that is live.
How this was decided
Not an editorial call. LM Studio's check failed three syncs in a
row, and the 3-miss rule marks it
discontinued automatically. If the vendor page comes back, the
registry restores it on its own: warn first, then
active. Both directions are recorded as events.