Connect LM Studio to Use DeepSeek-R1 and Other Models

LM Studio allows you to deploy models locally on your computer (hardware requirements must be met).

Download and Install LM Studio

https://lmstudio.ai/download

Download and Run a Model

https://lmstudio.ai/models

Follow the LM Studio instructions to download and run your desired model, e.g. deepseek-r1-qwen-7b:

lms get deepseek-r1-qwen-7b

Configure AstrBot

In AstrBot:

Go to Configuration → Service Providers → + → OpenAI

Set API Base URL to http://localhost:1234/v1

Set API Key to lm-studio

For users deploying AstrBot via Docker Desktop on Mac or Windows, set API Base URL to http://host.docker.internal:1234/v1.

For users deploying AstrBot via Docker on Linux, set API Base URL to http://172.17.0.1:1234/v1, or replace 172.17.0.1 with your server's public IP (make sure port 1234 is open on the host).

If LM Studio itself is deployed in Docker, ensure port 1234 is mapped to the host.

Set the model name to the one you selected in the previous step, then save the configuration.

Run /provider to view the models configured in AstrBot.