#3030th of 49 in Desktop AI apps
local-studio
Desktop coding-agent UI, forked from T3 Code, with a local model gateway
- Stars
- 1.8k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
440 on 21 Apr 20261,845 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
Local Studio is a thin fork of T3 Code, an Electron app that runs coding agents such as Codex, Claude, Cursor, OpenCode, Pi and Oh My Pi. It adds a bundled controller that discovers vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp and other /v1/models servers and exposes them through one OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible gateway. Settings can also link machines on a Tailscale tailnet into a fleet.
Who it is for: Self-hosters running local models who want a coding-agent desktop app
Strengths
- Controller serves /v1/chat/completions, /v1/messages and /v1/responses across machines
- Installs a controller on Linux or macOS tailnet machines over ssh as a user service
- Can launch pinned registry recipes on free NVIDIA GPUs
- Local changes capped at 4,000 lines by a check script, easing upstream merges
Weaknesses
- Needs at least one agent CLI (pi, omp, or another provider) installed and logged in first
- Windows installer is not code-signed, so SmartScreen warns
- Fleet install requires key-based ssh and Tailscale; Linux and macOS targets only
- Most docs are upstream's and may not describe Local Studio additions
What it needs
- GPU optional
- Needs Tailscale (for fleet), ssh (for remote controller install), Agent CLI such as pi or omp, Node 24, pnpm 11, Bun 1.3.14 (development only)
- Models: vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp, OpenAI-compatible /v1/models servers
- port 18091
Quick answers
Is local-studio open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Does local-studio need a GPU?
No. It runs on a CPU and can use a GPU when you have one.
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