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March 20, 20269:11

Free, Private OpenClaw with Qwen3.5 and LM Studio

By Samuel Gregory

About this video

If you’re into what OpenClaw does for agent orchestration, you’ll want to see Qoder. Its Experts Mode runs a Team Lead + specialized teammates in parallel. I’ve been using it for full-stack tasks that take hours. New users get 300 free credits. 👉 Worth a look: http://qoder.com/download?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=samuelgregory Tired of watching your OpenAI bill climb every month? In this video, I show you how to run powerful AI models completely locally using LM Studio and connect them to OpenClaw. We will walk through downloading LM Studio, grabbing a model (Qwen3.5), starting the local API server, and configuring OpenClaw to use it. By the end, you will have a fully private, zero-cost AI assistant running on your own hardware. Perfect for developers who want full control, privacy-conscious users, or anyone sick of rate limits and subscription fees. 📌 Key Takeaways - LM Studio provides an easy GUI for running local LLMs with an OpenAI-compatible API - OpenClaw supports custom AI providers — connect LM Studio as a backend in minutes - Key config: base URL + model name, default port 1234 - Full privacy, no subscriptions, no rate limits — your machine, your models 🔗 Links - Config Settings: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/local-models#recommended-lm-studio-+-minimax-m2-5-responses-api-full-size - LM Studio: https://lmstudio.ai - OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai