# LM Studio: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/lm-studio

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI coding assistants](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/ai-coding-assistants/index.md) | 0% | 29 | 0% | 1 |
| [LLM gateways and observability](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/llm-gateways-and-observability/index.md) | 0% | 50 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Alternatives with fewer reported issues: Local models via LM Studio, Hugging Face" (Grok 4.20, AI coding)
- "Researchers, privacy-focused teams, or those wanting to host their own models." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, LLM gateways)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named LM Studio, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org: 1
- arxiv.org: 1
- aurascape.ai: 1
- blog.gitguardian.com: 1
- briskinfosec.com: 1
- bsi.bund.de: 1
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 1
- daily.dev: 1
- dev.to: 1
- drdroid.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2503.03988: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2405.06371v2: 1
- https://aurascape.ai/answers/ai-coding-assistant-data-leakage: 1
- https://blog.gitguardian.com/yes-github-copilot-can-leak-secrets: 1
- https://briskinfosec.com/blogs/the-hidden-risk-of-data-leakage-in-ai-code-assistants: 1
- https://bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/BSI/KI/ANSSI_BSI_AI_Coding_Assistants.pdf: 1
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secure_Coding_with_AI_Cheat_Sheet.html: 1
- https://daily.dev/posts/wztc2x3ac: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.