Download LU Labs, the free local AI studio for Windows, macOS and Linux
Running locally in three minutes. Chat, code, image and video, all on your own machine. No account needed to run local.
The desktop app is LU. Its open-source project on GitHub and the installer file carry the project’s full name. Same app, and the same account as LU Cloud.
On your phone? The desktop app installs on a computer.
The LU Labs desktop app: a private AI studio for chat, code, image and video, all on your own PC. Install Ollama, LM Studio, ComfyUI and friends with one click, then generate as much as you want. Nothing leaves your machine unless you opt in.
300,000+ downloads on GitHub Releases, automatic updates included. The app checks for updates on launch and tells you when a newer version is out.
Windows shows a blue warning box? Here is why and what to press.
A GPU is only needed for image & video. Chat and code run happily on CPU.
- Open the downloaded file from your notifications or the Downloads folder.
- If Android asks, allow your browser to install unknown apps, then go back.
- Tap Install. If Play Protect warns about an unknown app, tap More details, then Install anyway.
Windows says “Windows protected your PC”?
That blue box is Microsoft SmartScreen. It shows up because the installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows does not know the publisher. Signing is on its way. The app is open source and every release is built in public on GitHub.
- In the blue box, click More info under the message.
- Check that the file is the LU installer you just downloaded from this page, then click Run anyway.
- The installer opens. It installs for your user and needs no admin rights.
A virus scanner can flag a new unsigned installer too. Please keep it switched on. If it moves the file to quarantine, compare the file with the SHA256 checksums on the release page and report it to your scanner as a false positive.
After you install
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