LM Studio
Desktop app to download and run local language models (LLMs), with chat and an OpenAI-compatible local server.
Free but not open source: you may use it under the vendor's terms, but you get no source code and no right to change or redistribute it. The terms can change at any time.
Desktop app: installed on users' computers, not run as a web service.
Building on it: what may you do?
Short answers based on the licence, for the version in the catalog.
- B1 Change the code for internal use in your company No No. There is no source code and no right to modify.
- B2 Build your own product or service on top and offer it to customers as SaaS No No, not without the vendor's permission.
- B3 Make a closed-source derivative and sell or distribute it No No.
- B4 Use the project's name and trademark No No, not without permission. The licence covers the code, not the name or logo.
Keep in mind
- Free but not open source: no right to change, redistribute or build on it. The terms can change at any time.
This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.
Verify with a lawyer. Not verified: check the following in the product's own documentation before deciding: terms.
The licence in brief
LM Studio Terms of Service (freeware) (LicenseRef-LM-Studio-Terms)
Not open source. Free to use personally and for internal business purposes; some features may cost.
What does LicenseRef-LM-Studio-Terms mean?
This is guidance, not legal advice (inte juridisk rådgivning). Check with a lawyer before deciding.
Facts
- Licence
- LicenseRef-LM-Studio-Terms
- Licence type
- Free, not open source
- Open core
- No
- GitHub stars
- Unknown
- Latest activity
- Unknown
- Deployment
- Desktop
- Login/SSO
- Unknown
- API
- Unknown
- Multi-tenant
- Unknown
- EU vendor
- Unknown
- Free for personal use
- Yes
- Free for business use
- Yes
- Source
- Desk research – not verified
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