--- title: LLM Selection Guide: Evaluate and Optimize with LM Studio description: Learn how to choose the best LLM for your project and evaluate it using LM Studio. Consider important factors such as cost, license, performance, bias,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/llm-selection-guide-evaluate-and-optimize-with-lm-studio-gh3einyin twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: LLM Selection Guide: Evaluate and Optimize with LM Studio | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to choose the best LLM for your project and evaluate it using LM Studio. Consider important factors such as cost, license, performance, bias,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/llm-selection-guide-evaluate-and-optimize-with-lm-studio-gh3einyin og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gh3eInYin.png og:image:alt: LLM Selection Guide: Evaluate and Optimize with LM Studio og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LLM Selection Guide: Evaluate and Optimize with LM Studio **[Getting started with AI](https://daily.dev/sources/gettingstartedai)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to choose the best LLM for your project and evaluate it using LM Studio. Consider important factors such as cost, license, performance, bias, accuracy, and privacy and security. Follow the steps to set up LM Studio and learn how to evaluate LLMs using the Chat UI and local HTTP Server features. LM Studio is an easy-to-use desktop app for experimenting and evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) on your local machine. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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