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LM Studio vs Ollama

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LM Studio: 499 downloads/mo, 1.5K GitHub starsvs

Ollama: 10.3M downloads/mo, 163.7K GitHub stars

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MetricLM StudioOllama
Websitelmstudio.aiollama.ai
DescriptionDesktop app for running LLMs locally. Easy model management.Run LLMs locally. Open-source tool for running models on your machine.
Total Funding
Last FundingNot availableNot available
Developer Adoption
npm Downloads (30d)
499
2.4M
npm Trend (30d)

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1,935,7072,145,619.252,355,531.52,565,443.752,775,356Feb 4Feb 5Feb 11Feb 12Feb 18Feb 19Feb 21Feb 22
90-day trend-13.9%
PyPI Downloads (30d)
7.9M
Total Downloads (30d)
499
10.3M
HN Discussion Share1% of HN mentions5.2% of HN mentions
StatusPrivatePrivate
HN Mentions (30d)
62
327
HN Mentions Trend (30d)
1212.7513.514.2515Feb 2Feb 9Feb 16
90-day trend+15.4%
5666768696Feb 2Feb 9Feb 16
90-day trend+57.4%
GitHub Stars
1.5K
163.7K
Founded20232023
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