LM Studio
Run local LLMs like gpt-oss, Qwen3, Gemma3, DeepSeek and many more on your computer, privately and for free.
LM Studio is the app I now use
for running local LLMs.[^1] In LM Studio I mainly use
gemma‑3‑12b, mostly for alt‑text generation, and the
gpt‑oss‑20b model. Both run fine on my Mac equipped
with 32 GB of RAM.
lmstudio.ai/
[^1]: I switched from Ollama because LM Studio
is much more versatile, and I don’t get their “sign‑up, log‑in, and run
remote LLMs” options for a software that was designed for offline usage.