LM studio is closed source software built ON TOP OF code released by the author of Nativ.

LM Studio seems to do the same thing, except that LM Studio is not open source. So they have a point, they do something more.

"The other “local AI” apps you’ve heard of? They’re proprietary shells built on top of open-source engines they don’t own."

This is a roundabout way of addressing LM Studio.

I was wondering the same and assuming I'd overlooked something.

What spec is your macbook? I want to run Deepseek V4 Flash but its too slow for agents on my Strix Halo.