# LM Studio vs screenpipe (slim)

> screenpipe has a score of 61.1 (C) against LM Studio's 57.9 (C). Both do local inference. The largest gap is reliability, 31 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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screenpipe has a score of 61.1 (C) against LM Studio's 57.9 (C). Both do local inference. The largest gap is reliability, 31 points.

- LM Studio: C 57.9, rank #287 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio.min.md
- screenpipe: C 61.1, rank #233 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/screenpipe.min.md
- Pick LM Studio for security & auth (+11), payments & pricing (+30). Pick screenpipe for reliability (+31), schema & documentation (+17), agent ergonomics (+6), maintenance & community (+10), transparency & trust (+12).

| Category | LM Studio | screenpipe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 34 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 59 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 73 |