LM Studio's LM Link: Use a Local Model on Another Machine

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-03-31 · Open on X

Topics: LLMOps, Deployment & Monitoring, AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

LM Link, a feature of LM Studio, connects one LM Studio instance to another. The creator writes code on a Mac while his app sends inference requests to a local model running on a PC with a GPU, so you can develop on a light machine and still use local GPU inference.

Key points

• LM Link connects one LM Studio instance to another LM Studio instance.
• Use case: write code on a laptop or Mac and run the model on a separate PC that has a GPU.
• The app you're building calls the remote local model for inference, so no cloud API is needed.
• The creator calls it the best feature of LM Studio.

Resources mentioned

• LM Link (LM Studio) · tool · lmstudio.ai · check price
  An LM Studio feature for using your local models remotely from another LM Studio instance.
• LM Studio · tool · x.com · free
  Desktop app for downloading and running LLMs locally, with a developer mode that serves models through an API.
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Try this

• Read the LM Link details at lmstudio.ai/link
• Run a model on your GPU machine and connect to it from your development machine
• Build an app on a laptop that sends inference requests to a local LLM on a separate GPU PC through LM Link