🦙 LM Stud – Local LLMs Minus the Lard

TL;DR
A WinForms chat client for llama.cpp, whisper.cpp and your questionable life choices.
Zero Electron. Zero telemetry. Zero regrets.

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Features

☑️	What It Does
✅	Launches in milliseconds—your GPU blinks and it’s already chatting.
✅	Edit / regenerate / yeet messages.
✅	Shows the model’s “thinking” stream (fun for prompt nerds).
✅	Drag-drop files → instant code blocks.
✅	One-click Hugging Face search & download.
✅	Built-in Google Search + webpage fetch (super-visible setup below).
✅	Optional speech I/O with whisper.cpp—talk smack to your computer.
✅	Tiny memory footprint—smaller than RGB keyboard driver.

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Google Search – READ ME FIRST ⚠️

1)  Grab an API key
    https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard
    → new project → enable “Custom Search API” → copy the key.

2)  Create a Search Engine ID
    https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/controlpanel/overview
    → “Add” → “Search the entire web” → grab the cx ID.

3)  Paste both values in  Settings → Google Search Tool.
    Congrats—~100 free queries per day. Abuse responsibly.

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Screenshots

Chat Tab	Settings Tab	Models Tab	Hugging Face Tab

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Quick-Start Build

> clone https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp then from a Visual Studio x64 native tools command prompt...
> E:\llama.cpp\build> cmake .. -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DGGML_AVX2=ON -DGGML_BMI2=ON -DGGML_CUDA=ON -DGGML_CUDA_F16=ON -DLLAMA_CURL=OFF -DLLAMA_ALL_WARNINGS=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=OFF
> or whatever bits and bobs you want
> copy common.lib llama.lib ggml.lib ggml-base.lib → $(SolutionDir)\lib\{Debug|Release}
> drop llama.dll & ggml*.dll etc. into the C# x64 bin folder
> do a similar thing for https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp
> clone https://github.com/CommanderLake/LMStud
> vcpkg install SDL2:x64-windows-static
> vcpkg install curl[openssl]:x64-windows-static
> open LM Stud.sln in Visual Studio
> adjust VC++ Directories in Stud project
> build

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Settings Cheat-Sheet

Section	Knobs & Dials
CPU Params / Batch	Threads, strict pinning, batch threads.
Common	Context size, GPU layers, temperature, tokens to generate.
Advanced	NUMA strategy, repeat penalty, top-k/p, batch size.
Voice	Model picker, wake word, VAD, frequency threshold, GPU toggle.
Tools	Enable Google Search (API key + cx), enable webpage fetch.

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Contributing

• Fork it.
• Break it.
• PR it.
• Get internet points. (Memes optional but encouraged.)

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License

MIT—short, sweet, almost readable.