Show HN: Ask LM Studio – Use local models directly in the Firefox sidebar

Category: devtools

Tags: firefox-extension, local-llm, lm-studio, sidebar, privacy

Score: 5.0/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 4, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

Ask LM Studio is a Firefox WebExtension that adds a sidebar chat interface for local LM Studio models, streaming responses via the OpenAI-compatible API on localhost. It fills a real gap since Firefox's built-in AI chatbot only supports cloud providers, and it ships policy scripts to expose LM Studio in the native provider dropdown. The project is a practical, well-documented convenience wrapper rather than a novel technical contribution.

Target audience: Firefox users and developers running local LLMs who want a private, offline chat sidebar

Repository: https://github.com/gocemitevski/ask-lm-studio · CSS · GPL-2.0 · 1 stars

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