What it does
LM Studio's homepage currently centres on Bionic, which it calls its agent for open models. Bionic is described as natively local: you download local models inside the app and use them for simple chats or for more involved agentic tasks, running on the LM Studio runtime with MLX and llama.cpp underneath. The site says Bionic can create and edit documents, saving every change automatically, and that it also handles coding tasks, automations and computer control. Voice input is transcribed in real time, with audio processed on your device, and multiple languages are supported. For heavier work it can run large open models, and the page names GLM 5.2, Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro. The company states that its cloud services use zero data retention. The footer also points to developer documentation, JavaScript and Python SDKs, a command-line tool called lms, LM Link and a LM Studio Hub beta. The page text does not give prices or list supported operating systems.
Capabilities
- Bionic agent for documents, coding, automations and computer control
- Download local models inside the app, on a runtime built with MLX and llama.cpp
- Document creation and editing with each change saved automatically
- Real-time voice transcription processed on your device
- Runs large open models such as GLM 5.2, Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro
- Developer docs, JavaScript and Python SDKs and the lms command-line tool
When to use it
- Running open models on your own machine instead of a hosted API
- Handing document or coding work to an agent that stays local
- Dictating by voice without sending audio off the device
- Building against local models through the SDKs or command-line tool
