Choose what belongs on your PC.
The desktop app, native runtime, Kokoro voices, and English speech recognition come in the installer. Chat models are your choice: download one in Settings when you are ready.
For a PC-first workflow, LCOA brings model choice, realistic speech, listening, planning, and computer tools into one place.
The desktop app, native runtime, Kokoro voices, and English speech recognition come in the installer. Chat models are your choice: download one in Settings when you are ready.
Move between chat, Code, timed reminders, web research, and authorized file tools. The advantage is how those pieces come together in your day.
Run downloaded chat models and included voice tools offline, choose your model, and decide which folders and actions to allow. Local inference needs no hosted-model API key and incurs no hosted token charges.
| What matters to you | locaDESKTOP COMPANION · BETA | LM StudioLOCAL MODEL WORKSPACE | JanLOCAL AI & AGENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local, offline model chat | Yes, after downloading a chat model | Yes, after getting model files | Yes, with downloaded local models |
| Getting your first local model | Choose and download a Trixe model in Settings | Choose and download model files | Choose and download a local model |
| Tools beyond a conversation | Code, reminders, web, file and command tools | APIs and tool integrations | Agents, projects and MCP connectors |
The LCOA advantage: a bundled, PC-first experience. Local processing and tool use are shared strengths across this category. Choose LCOA for its combination of features, with realistic speech and listening in the box, and chat models chosen separately.
LCOA is an unsigned private beta. Model quality and speed depend on your hardware; no comparative performance advantage has been established. Other tools may be a better fit for a mature model workspace or a different agent workflow. Web services need internet, and local inference uses your PC’s memory, power, and storage.
Checked October 27, 2026 · Sources: LM Studio offline, model setup, integrations, Jan quickstart. Selected features, not performance benchmarks. Products evolve.