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Open Models and Local AI

8 AI pages in Open Models and Local AI.

GemmaGemma is Google's family of free open-weight models, built from the same research as Gemini. The current generation, Gemma 4 (Apr 2026), comes in E2B, E4B, 12B, 26B and 31B sizes under the Apache 2.0 license and runs on phones, laptops and single GPUs.
gpt-ossgpt-oss is OpenAI's pair of open-weight reasoning models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, released on Aug 5, 2025 under the Apache 2.0 license. The 20b runs in 16 GB of memory and the 120b on a single 80 GB GPU.
Hugging FaceHugging Face is the main hub for open AI, hosting more than 2 million models, 500,000 datasets and 1 million Spaces apps; it is free to use, with PRO at $9 a month. It also runs Inference Providers, one API for hosted open models, and the HuggingChat assistant.
LlamaLlama is Meta's family of open-weight AI models; the latest, Llama 4 Scout and Maverick, came out on Apr 5, 2025 under the Llama 4 Community License. Since 2026 Meta's new models carry the Muse name instead, and Meta AI no longer runs on Llama.
LM StudioLM Studio is a free desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux that finds, downloads and runs open AI models such as Gemma, Qwen and gpt-oss on your own computer, free for work use since Jul 2025. Its newer agent app, Bionic, adds paid US-hosted models from $20 a month.
MistralMistral AI is a Paris company that makes open-weight and commercial AI models; its flagship, Mistral Large 4, is a 1-trillion-parameter open-weight model released in Oct 2026. It also makes the Vibe assistant (formerly Le Chat) and raised €3 billion in Sep 2026.
OllamaOllama is a free, open-source tool for downloading and running open AI models such as Gemma, Qwen, gpt-oss and DeepSeek on your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer. Its optional cloud models are pay per token, with Pro at $20 a month and Max at $100, as of Nov 6, 2026.
OpenRouterOpenRouter is one API and one bill for more than 600 AI models from 80+ providers, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and Qwen, at the providers' own token prices plus a 5.5% fee on credit purchases, as of Nov 6, 2026. Its public rankings show which models get the most use.