Leveraging downloaded models from multiple apps

Hi there, I am using LMStudio, Bolt.diy and want to start using OpenWEBUI and test Text Generation Web UI.
I want to be able to download models in a central directory and have all other tools leverage them from a single central place. This way I optimize local storage space by not having to download models multiple times for each of the applications.
I´ve bee playing a bit with Symlinks, but then I came across LMStudio downloading multiple models in a “LMStudio Community” folder. The other models are downloaded in a subfolder each, and Text Gen. Web UI is able to recognize them, but not when there are multiple models in one single folder.

Has anyone managed to use a single repository for all downloaded models?

Thanks a lot for your feedback and help

Fernando

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