LM Studio alternatives
6 agents tools in the same lane as LM Studio, ranked by editorial score.
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Cherry Studio
Agents · Multi-model
7.2
Open-source desktop AI client that wires 300+ LLMs into one chat, knowledge-base, and agent workspace.
Free· Free and open source; bring your own API keysmulti-model chatlocal knowledge base
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Portkey AI Gateway
Agents · Multi-model (1,600+ LLMs)
7.2
Open-source AI gateway that routes a single API call across 1,600+ LLMs with caching, fallbacks, and observability.
Freemium· Developer: Free Forever · Production: $49/month · Enterprise: Custom Pricingllm-routingfallbacks-and-retries
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Open WebUI
Agents · Backend-agnostic: any Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM, or OpenAI-compatible API (OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Llama 3.x, Qwen, Mistral, Gemma, etc.)
Self-hosted, extensible AI chat platform that runs on your infrastructure
Freemium· Free (self-hosted, MIT-style community license via pip/Docker) / Enterprise: custom pricing for SSO, RBAC, audit logs, air-gapped deployment, data-residency guaranteesSelf-hosted ChatGPT alternative for a teamPrivate RAG chatbot over internal documents
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Bifrost
Agents · Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, 1000+ via providers)
7.3
Open-source AI gateway that unifies 1000+ models behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint with failover, budgets, and MCP routing.
Freemium· Free Forever: Free · Enterprise: Contact salesllm-gatewaymulti-provider-routing
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Dify
Agents · Model-agnostic: OpenAI (GPT-4o, GPT-4.1), Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Mistral, Cohere, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Open-source LLMOps platform for building agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and AI applications
Freemium· Professional: $590 · Team: $1590 · Sandbox: Free · Enterprise: Custom · Community: FreeRAG chatbot over internal documentsCustomer support automation
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LobeHub
Agents · OpenAI GPT-4o/o1, Anthropic Claude 3.5/4, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral, Ollama, and 40+ other providers (bring-your-own-key)
Open-source AI agent platform and chat UI supporting every major LLM, plugins, and multi-agent workflows.
Freemium· Free: Free · Starter: $9.9 · Premium: $19.9 · Ultimate: $39.9Self-hosted ChatGPT alternativeMulti-provider LLM comparison