Bionic is the agent from LM Studio for work and code. It runs on open models, and you can choose between models that run on your own computer and larger frontier open models hosted in the cloud.
With Bionic you can create and edit documents. Every change is saved automatically, so you can keep working with the agent without worrying about losing progress. The page also says Bionic handles coding tasks, automations and computer control, and you can ask it for help with whatever you need done.
Bionic includes real-time voice transcription. You talk to the agent naturally and your speech is transcribed as you speak. The page says voice and audio data is processed locally and never leaves your device, and that transcription supports multiple languages.
Local models are downloaded directly within the app. You can use them for simple chats or for more advanced agentic tasks. The page says the app is powered by the LM Studio runtime, with MLX and llama.cpp underneath.
For harder tasks, Bionic can run frontier open models such as GLM 5.2, Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro. The page says cloud inference is hosted in the US and that LM Studio's cloud services use Zero Data Retention, meaning prompts and responses are not stored by the provider.
Bionic is aimed at people who want an agent for document work, slides, PDFs, software and computer tasks, and who want to keep their data on their own machine where possible. The download is for x64 systems.
The Free plan costs nothing and includes the Bionic Agent, local model support using llama.cpp and MLX, offline voice transcription, LM Link for up to 5 devices and limited web search. Bionic+ costs $20 per month and adds US-hosted open source models, discounted bulk tokens, and web search with page extraction. Pro costs $100 per month and adds 5 times the usage limits, discounted bulk tokens and early access to new features. Teams can create an organization with pooled credits or seat-based plans.
