Open LLMs

Overview

A curated GitHub repository listing open-source large language models available for commercial use. Maintained by Eugene Yan, it aggregates models with their licenses, sizes, and capabilities to help developers identify which open LLMs fit their requirements and deployment constraints.

Best for

Best for
Developers building applications that need open-source LLM options with clear commercial licensing

Use cases

• Finding commercially-licensed open models for production deployment
• Comparing model sizes and capabilities across open-source options
• Evaluating alternatives to proprietary LLM APIs

Notes

A curated GitHub repository listing open-source large language models available for commercial use. Maintained by Eugene Yan, it aggregates models with their licenses, sizes, and capabilities to help developers identify which open LLMs fit their requirements and deployment constraints.

12,783 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2025-02-13. Licensed Apache-2.0.

Use cases

• Finding commercially-licensed open models for production deployment
• Comparing model sizes and capabilities across open-source options
• Evaluating alternatives to proprietary LLM APIs

Pros

• Comprehensive reference point for open LLM landscape
• Filters for commercial viability upfront
• Community-maintained with 12k+ stars indicating active use

Cons

• Static list format requires manual checking for new releases
• Does not provide performance benchmarks or cost analysis
• No built-in filtering or search interface

Indexed from awesome-generative-ai and enriched against its public facts.