LM Studio
LowTool that lets users download and run language models such as Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, and Gemma locally on their computer, with additional resources such as Python virtual environments.
Facts
- Domain
lmstudio.ai- Category
- Productivity
- Risk level
- Low
- Home country
- Estados Unidos
Home country is the headquarters of the company behind the tool. It is not a claim about where data is processed or stored — data residency depends on the plan you hold and must be confirmed with the vendor.
Why LM Studio is classified as low risk
Low-risk tool. Consider classifying it as Allowed if it aligns with the AI usage policy.
What to do about it
A natural candidate for the allowed list. It still has to appear in the inventory: a governance framework does not assess whether you blocked enough, but whether you know what is in use and made a conscious decision about each item.
Here is the distinction almost every company gets wrong in its first audit: no framework — LGPD, ISO 42001, the EU AI Act — requires you to block AI tools. All of them require you to know what is in use and to have made a conscious, recorded decision about each item. A high-risk tool approved under a written policy is compliance; a low-risk tool in use with nobody aware of it is an audit finding.
Is LM Studio being used in your company?
Tangerin AI detects usage of LM Studio and other AI tools across company workstations — recording which tool, when, and on which machine. Never the content of conversations, prompts or uploaded files.