# Berth vs LM Studio (slim)

> Berth scores 67.6 (B) to LM Studio's 57.9 (C) for local inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against LM Studio's 57.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. LM Studio leads on security & auth. Both do local inference.

- Berth: B 67.6, rank #283 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.min.md
- LM Studio: C 57.9, rank #683 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio.min.md
- Berth, good for Someone running several GPU programs (llama.cpp, llama-swap, Ollama, vLLM, ComfyUI, games) on one NVIDIA card who wants them to take turns, and agents that need to ask for the card. Ahead on Reliability, 76 against 34; Schema & documentation, 69 against 64; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 69; Transparency & trust, 68 against 61. Also Open source.
- LM Studio, good for A machine that serves open models to several agents and tools at once, in whichever API shape each client already speaks, and for headless serving on Linux with llmster. Ahead on Security & auth, 59 against 51.

| Category | Berth | LM Studio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 76 | 34 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Berth | LM Studio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub) | Element Labs, Inc. |
| Licence | Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file | Proprietary. The app and llmster are free for personal and internal business use under LM Studio's terms (Element Labs, Inc., effective 23 August 2026), with no source published. The `lms` CLI and the TypeScript and Python SDKs are MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-09-19 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 245 stars | 69k npm/wk, 15k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |