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Yagil Burowski

LM Studio team member (shown with the "LM Studio Team" badge on LM Studio Hub), Element Labs

Yagil Burowski is on the LM Studio team at Element Labs, which makes LM Studio, a desktop app for downloading and running language models locally with llama.cpp and, on Apple silicon Macs, Apple's MLX. Burowski made the first commits to two of LM Studio's MIT-licensed repositories: lms, the command-line tool that ships with the app, in April 2024, and mlx-engine, its MLX engine, in October 2024. Burowski co-wrote the October 2024 post announcing that LM Studio 0.3.4 shipped the MLX engine and wrote the July 2025 post announcing that the app had become free to use at work.123456789

At a glance

Current role
LM Studio team member (shown with the "LM Studio Team" badge on LM Studio Hub)
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Company
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Open-source work

Yagil Burowski made the initial commit to lms, LM Studio's MIT-licensed command-line tool, in April 2024. The README describes lms as the CLI that ships with LM Studio 0.2.22 and newer for managing models and the local server from a terminal.46

In October 2024 Burowski made the initial commit to mlx-engine, the MIT-licensed engine that LM Studio uses to run models with Apple's MLX on Apple silicon Macs. Burowski was one of four authors of the post announcing that LM Studio 0.3.4 shipped with this engine.578

Products and projects

Burowski wrote the July 2025 post announcing that LM Studio became free to use at work as well as at home, and the April 2026 post announcing that Locally AI, an app for running models on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, was joining LM Studio. LM Studio's documentation describes the app as a desktop tool for downloading and running language models locally.9113

On LM Studio Hub, Burowski's profile carries the LM Studio Team badge, links to the company's jobs page, and lists published plugins, presets, and skills, such as a plugin for using an API model inside LM Studio and a preset that shows a model how to write tools with lmstudio-js.1210

Work and contributions

  • lms (LM Studio CLI)

    Made the repository's initial commit on 2024-04-15 and continues to author commits. The README describes lms as the command-line tool for LM Studio that ships with LM Studio 0.2.22 and newer. MIT-licensed.4126

  • mlx-engine

    Made the initial commit on 2024-10-07 to mlx-engine, LM Studio's MIT-licensed Apple MLX engine, and co-wrote the post announcing that LM Studio 0.3.4 shipped it for running models on-device on Apple silicon Macs, through the chat UI or a local OpenAI-like server.578

Timeline

  1. Made the initial commit to lms, the LM Studio command-line tool.4
  2. Made the initial commit to mlx-engine, LM Studio's Apple MLX engine.5
  3. Co-wrote the announcement that LM Studio 0.3.4 ships with Apple MLX.8
  4. Wrote the announcement that LM Studio is free for use at work.9
  5. Wrote the announcement that Locally AI was joining LM Studio.11

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References

12 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. Yagil Burowski • LM Studio HubElement Labs (LM Studio) · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  2. Careers at LM Studio ("LM Studio is built by Element Labs")Element Labs (LM Studio) · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  3. Welcome to LM Studio Docs! | LM StudioElement Labs (LM Studio) · Documentation · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  4. lmstudio-ai/lms — initial commit (2024-04-15)Element Labs (GitHub repository) · Repository · published Apr 15, 2024 · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  5. lmstudio-ai/mlx-engine — initial commit (2024-10-07)Element Labs (GitHub repository) · Repository · published Oct 7, 2024 · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  6. lmstudio-ai/lms README and license (MIT)Element Labs (GitHub repository) · Repository · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  7. lmstudio-ai/mlx-engine README and license (MIT)Element Labs (GitHub repository) · Repository · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  8. LM Studio 0.3.4 ships with Apple MLXElement Labs (LM Studio) · Announcement · published Oct 8, 2024 · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  9. LM Studio is free for use at workElement Labs (LM Studio) · Announcement · published Jul 8, 2025 · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  10. yagil (Yagil Burowski) on GitHubGitHub · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026
  11. Locally AI joins LM StudioLM Studio · Announcement · published Apr 8, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  12. lmstudio-ai/lms commits authored by yagilElement Labs (GitHub repository) · Repository · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 2, 2026