# OpenClaw

Use OpenClaw with LM Studio

OpenClaw now supports LM Studio as a native model provider.  
See: [OpenClaw Docs](https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/lmstudio).

### Start LM Studio's local server

Make sure LM Studio is running as a server (default port `1234`).

You can start it from the app, or from the terminal with `lms`:

```
lms server start --port 1234
```

### Run OpenClaw with LM Studio as model provider

Install OpenClaw as normal or run the OpenClaw onboard command as follows _(recommended)_

```
openclaw onboard
```

and complete the interactive setup with LM Studio as your model provider

You can do the onboarding in non-interactive way by using the following command:

```
openclaw onboard \
  --non-interactive \
  --accept-risk \
  --auth-choice lmstudio \
  --custom-base-url http://localhost:1234/v1 \
  --lmstudio-api-key "$LM_API_TOKEN" \
  --custom-model-id qwen/qwen3.5-9b
```

### Set up LM Studio as default memory search provider

To use LM Studio as the embedding model provider for memory search, run the following command and restart openclaw gateway

```
openclaw config set agents.defaults.memorySearch.provider lmstudio
openclaw gateway restart
```

If you're running into trouble, hop onto our [Discord](https://discord.gg/lmstudio)