Models
Open Source Models
AI models whose code and weights are publicly available to download and run locally.
Also written as open source model
- Messages
- 35
- Members using it
- 23
- First seen
- Dec 8, 2025
What it means
AI models released with publicly accessible code and weights that anyone can download, modify, and run on their own hardware. Unlike proprietary models from OpenAI or Anthropic that only work through paid APIs, open source models can be deployed on local machines or private servers. Examples include Llama, Mistral, and various Chinese models.
How it's used here
Members discuss open source models as an alternative to "giving money to big tech," often in the context of building local AI clusters or avoiding API costs. Some advocate for them as a way to be a "real hacker" versus relying solely on cloud services.
Seen in the wild
“@jasonakatiff I feel like maybe my purpose or the reason I was led to this channel was to convert you to opencode and open source models :)”
“Yeah - stop giving your $ to retarded big tech companies and be a real hacker not a skiddie and build your own local ai cluster and use open source models”
“I don’t understand what the end game is for US government. Them gate keeping frontier models is only going to accelerate Chinese open source models and adoption.”