Comment by martinald
11 hours ago
Ollama is CLI/API "first". LM studio is a proper full blown gui with chat features etc. It's far easier to use than Ollama at least for non technical users (though they are increasingly merging in functionality, with LM studio adding CLI/API features and Ollama adding more UI).
Even as a technical person, when I wanted to play with running models locally, LM Studio turned it into a couple of button clicks.
Without much background, you’re finding models, chatting with them, have an OpenAI-compatible API w/logging. Haven’t seen the new version, but LM Studio was already pretty great.