LM Studio Bionic

What it does

LM Studio Bionic is a desktop agent app for open models, separate from LM Studio. You give it a task inside a project, and it runs a session for coding, research, or work with documents and files. Several sessions can run at once across projects, so separate tasks stay isolated.

Each session can choose where its model runs: a local model on your computer, a remote model on another device through LM Link, or a frontier open model in LM Studio Secure Cloud with Zero Data Retention. Local and LM Link models do not use Bionic cloud credits and need no LM Studio account. Advanced low-level configuration still happens in LM Studio itself.

Bionic suits developers and knowledge workers who want an open-model agent for coding and document tasks. Cloud models require an LM Studio account with available credits, managed through the Hub. Local and LM Link models can be used without signing in.

What it can do

• Organize work into projects with separate sessions for separate tasks
• Run multiple sessions across projects in parallel
• Run models locally on your computer
• Use frontier open models in LM Studio Secure Cloud with Zero Data Retention
• Use remote models from another device through LM Link
• Handle coding and document or file-heavy work

Works with

• LM Link
• LM Studio Secure Cloud
• LM Studio Hub

Example workflows

Coding task in a project

Input: a coding task and project files. Steps: create a project, open a session for the task, choose a local or cloud model, and run the task. Output: work produced within that session, kept separate from other tasks.

Document analysis across sessions

Input: documents or files added to a project. Steps: open one session per document-related task, run several sessions in parallel, and choose a model for each. Output: separate results for each task within the project.

Before you choose

• Cloud models require an LM Studio account with available credits; local and LM Link models do not use Bionic cloud credits.
• Bionic is a separate app from LM Studio; advanced low-level configuration still happens in LM Studio.

Listed under

• Coding
• Sandboxes and infrastructure
• AI agent
• Developers
• Documents
• Local models
• Open models

Get started

Sign in through Settings to use cloud models; local models need no account.

1. Download Bionic and create your first project.
2. Open Settings, find Account under General, and sign in through your browser if you plan to use cloud models.
3. Choose a model per session: a local model, a remote model via LM Link, or a cloud model with available credits.

Local and LM Link models do not use Bionic cloud credits. Add credits via Manage plan on the LM Studio Hub, under Cloud Inference.

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Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• Welcome to LM Studio Bionic | LM Studio ↗lmstudio.ai
• Set Up Billing and Add Credits | LM Studio ↗lmstudio.ai

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