Reworked versions of LM Studio plugins have been released, focusing on fully local web research. The updated plugins, named DuckDuckGo Reworked and Visit Website Reworked, are available for download via LM Studio Hub.

Improvements and Reliability

The original versions of the plugins had not been updated for about eight months and had started to show problems in real use, such as poor search result extraction and blocks in website access. The interventions aimed to improve the reliability and quality of the results.

Usage and Jinja Template

The author suggests using the plugins with Qwen 3.5 27B as an alternative to Perplexity. They also report having solved crash issues with Qwen in LM Studio via a custom Jinja template, available on Pastebin.