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Is LM Studio abandoning their core product?
Some of you may be aware that a few weeks ago, LM Studio announced a new agent, Bionic. This is pretty much an agentic harness for both local models and paid cloud models. But most aren't aware that L
Some of you may be aware that a few weeks ago, LM Studio announced a new agent, Bionic. This is pretty much an agentic harness for both local models and paid cloud models. But most aren't aware that LM Studio replaced almost every link to the original app that built their brand and reputation with the new Bionic agent. If you go to the LM Studio website right now, you will see that every link that used to download the original app now downloads Bionic. The only link on the entire site that brings you to the OG app is a tiny link in the footer that says "Download the app". They have updated that page since I last checked and added a Bionic download link at the top but at least they left the OG app downloads alone, albeit they are now underneath the original app. But the fact that you have to go through the entire site to find a tiny download link just to get the normal app is extremely stupid! Not to mention the app is still in "preview" and is a "new, separate app from LM Studio" and yet it gets all the promotion while their core product gets ZERO. Not to mention that ever since Bionic was released, the main app has only gotten 2 or 3 minor updates, mainly to make the app work with Bionic. This is very frustrating as someone who has used LM Studio for years and does not want to use yet another agentic harness. Whatever your views on Bionic are, you can't deny that hiding (and potentially abandoning) the core product that built their brand is not a good idea. I wanted to post this earlier, but seeing as I have gotten zero response from the team on Discord while they reviewed posts right below mine, I knew that I had to share this here. But all of this leads to something very concerning for LM Studio users: Will the incredibly popular LM Studio app, the original app that helped build their reputation and popularity, go away soon? Hidden download links + scarce updates seems like that LM Studio may be going away soon only to be replaced by an agent that not everyone wants, complete with upsells for cloud models. I just want to get this issue out there as nobody is talking about it yet it is a very important issue that involves one of the most popular local LLM apps out there. submitted by /u/JGByvygyrfg [link] [comments]
Source: r/LocalLLaMA | 2026-08-04