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Docker vs LM Studio

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Overview

Docker
Docker
Stacks194.2K
Followers143.8K
Votes3.9K
LM Studio
LM Studio
Stacks11
Followers8
Votes0

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Detailed Comparison

Docker
Docker
LM Studio
LM Studio

The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere

It is an easy to use desktop app for experimenting with local and open-source Large Language Models (LLMs). It supports any ggml Llama, MPT, and StarCoder model on Hugging Face (Llama 2, Orca, Vicuna, Nous Hermes, WizardCoder, MPT, etc.)

Integrated developer tools; open, portable images; shareable, reusable apps; framework-aware builds; standardized templates; multi-environment support; remote registry management; simple setup for Docker and Kubernetes; certified Kubernetes; application templates; enterprise controls; secure software supply chain; industry-leading container runtime; image scanning; access controls; image signing; caching and mirroring; image lifecycle; policy-based image promotion
Run LLMs on your laptop, entirely offline; Use models through the in-app Chat UI or an OpenAI compatible local server; Download any compatible model files from HuggingFace repositories; Discover new & noteworthy LLMs in the app's home page
Statistics
Stacks
194.2K
Stacks
11
Followers
143.8K
Followers
8
Votes
3.9K
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 823
    Rapid integration and build up
  • 692
    Isolation
  • 521
    Open source
  • 505
    Testa­bil­i­ty and re­pro­ducibil­i­ty
  • 460
    Lightweight
Cons
  • 8
    New versions == broken features
  • 6
    Documentation not always in sync
  • 6
    Unreliable networking
  • 4
    Moves quickly
  • 3
    Not Secure
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Integrations
Java
Java
Docker Compose
Docker Compose
VirtualBox
VirtualBox
Linux
Linux
Amazon EC2 Container Service
Amazon EC2 Container Service
Docker Swarm
Docker Swarm
boot2docker
boot2docker
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Docker Machine
Docker Machine
Vagrant
Vagrant
Windows
Windows
StarCoder
StarCoder
LLaMA
LLaMA
macOS
macOS
Linux
Linux
Hugging Face
Hugging Face

What are some alternatives to Docker, LM Studio?

LXD

LXD

LXD isn't a rewrite of LXC, in fact it's building on top of LXC to provide a new, better user experience. Under the hood, LXD uses LXC through liblxc and its Go binding to create and manage the containers. It's basically an alternative to LXC's tools and distribution template system with the added features that come from being controllable over the network.

LXC

LXC

LXC is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily create and manage system or application containers.

rkt

rkt

Rocket is a cli for running App Containers. The goal of rocket is to be composable, secure, and fast.

Vagrant Cloud

Vagrant Cloud

Vagrant Cloud pairs with Vagrant to enable access, insight and collaboration across teams, as well as to bring exposure to community contributions and development environments.

Clever AI Humanizer

Clever AI Humanizer

That transforms AI-generated content into natural, undetectable human-like writing. Bypass AI detection systems with intelligent text humanization technology

LangChain

LangChain

It is a framework built around LLMs. It can be used for chatbots, generative question-answering, summarization, and much more. The core idea of the library is that we can “chain” together different components to create more advanced use cases around LLMs.

Ollama

Ollama

It allows you to run open-source large language models, such as Llama 2, locally.

LlamaIndex

LlamaIndex

It is a project that provides a central interface to connect your LLMs with external data. It offers you a comprehensive toolset trading off cost and performance.

LangGraph

LangGraph

It is a library for building stateful, multi-actor applications with LLMs, built on top of (and intended to be used with) LangChain. It extends the LangChain Expression Language with the ability to coordinate multiple chains (or actors) across multiple steps of computation in a cyclic manner.

LangSmith

LangSmith

It is a platform for building production-grade LLM applications. It lets you debug, test, evaluate, and monitor chains and intelligent agents built on any LLM framework and seamlessly integrates with LangChain, the go-to open source framework for building with LLMs.

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