Open-Source AI Tools

AI tools and models with open-source licenses — transparent, customizable, and often free to use and self-host.

13 solutions found

Mistral AI

Cloud
consumer

Leading open-weight model provider with Mistral Large 3 and Codestral. Strong multilingual and coding performance with competitive API pricing.

Mistral Large 3
Codestral
Mistral Small 3.2
chatbot
coding
cloud
opensource
api
$0.00050/token
Performance
93
Excellent
Privacy
55
Fair

DeepSeek API

Cloud
developer

Ultra-low-cost API access to DeepSeek V4 Flash, V3.2, and R1-class reasoning. Best value for coding, math-heavy tasks, and high-volume production use.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek R1
coding
opensource
cloud
api
budget
$0.00014/token
Performance
92
Excellent
Privacy
50
Fair

Ollama

Local
pro

The default local runtime for open-weight AI on laptops and desktops. Best for private local inference with one-command installs and broad model support.

Llama 4 Scout
DeepSeek V3.2 / R1 Distills
Qwen 3.5
local
privacy
llm
pro
opensource
Free
Performance
87
Very Good
Privacy
100
Excellent

Jan

Local
consumer

Desktop AI workspace for local and hybrid model use. Great ChatGPT-style experience with local backends, assistants, and OpenAI-compatible connections.

Local + Hybrid Models
Assistants and API Tools
local
desktop
privacy
offline
opensource
Free
Performance
84
Very Good
Privacy
100
Excellent

Together AI

Cloud
developer

Fast API for 200+ open-source models including Llama 4, Qwen 3.5, DeepSeek, and Mistral. Competitive pricing with dedicated endpoints.

Llama 4 Scout / Maverick
Qwen 3.5 / DeepSeek V3.2
api
coding
cloud
developer
opensource
$0.00004/token
Performance
89
Very Good
Privacy
55
Fair

Groq

Cloud
developer

Ultra-fast inference with LPU chips. Run Llama 4, Qwen, DeepSeek, and Mistral at record speeds. Best for real-time applications.

Llama 4 Scout
Qwen 3.5 / DeepSeek
api
coding
cloud
developer
speed
Free
Performance
95
Excellent
Privacy
50
Fair

Stable Diffusion WebUI

Local
pro

Popular local image generation stack with broad checkpoint, LoRA, and ControlNet support. Best for users who want huge community coverage and customization.

FLUX.1 Dev / Schnell
Stable Diffusion 3.5
Community Models and LoRAs
local
image
pro
opensource
custom
Free
Performance
82
Very Good
Privacy
100
Excellent

Hugging Face Inference

Cloud
developer

Access 1.5M+ AI models via simple API. Free tier available with extensive open-source community and model sharing.

1.5M+ Models
api
cloud
developer
opensource
community
Free
Performance
82
Very Good
Privacy
65
Good

Open WebUI

Local
consumer

Self-hosted web interface for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible backends. Great for private local chat, team sharing, and better UX on top of local models.

Ollama and OpenAI-Compatible Backends
File Chat and Knowledge Features
local
privacy
webui
ollama
opensource
Free
Performance
79
Very Good
Privacy
98
Excellent

DeepSeek Chat

Cloud
consumer

DeepSeek's free chat assistant powered by DeepSeek V4. Leading open-weight model family with exceptional reasoning, coding, and unmatched API pricing.

DeepSeek V4
DeepSeek V4 Flash
chatbot
coding
cloud
consumer
reasoning
Free
Performance
93
Excellent
Privacy
50
Fair

Qwen (Alibaba Cloud)

Cloud
developer

Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 series with top-tier multilingual support, competitive API pricing, and frontier-class reasoning through the Qwen 3.5 Max model.

Qwen 3.5 Max
Qwen 3.5 Plus
chatbot
coding
cloud
developer
reasoning
Free
Performance
90
Excellent
Privacy
46
Fair

MiMo (Xiaomi)

Cloud
developer

Xiaomi's MiMo V2.5 Pro with 1T-parameter MoE architecture, 1M-token context, and best-in-class agentic capabilities. Top-tier coding and reasoning at a fraction of frontier model cost.

MiMo V2.5 Pro
MiMo V2.5
MiMo V2 Flash
chatbot
coding
cloud
developer
reasoning
Free
Performance
92
Excellent
Privacy
48
Fair

FLUX.2 (Black Forest Labs)

Cloud
pro

Best open-weight image generation family with FLUX.2 Pro, Dev, and Klein variants. Top-tier prompt adherence, text rendering, and 4MP resolution with LoRA fine-tuning.

FLUX.2 Pro
FLUX.2 Dev
FLUX.2 Klein
image
art
cloud
pro
opensource
Free
Performance
95
Excellent
Privacy
55
Fair

Need Help Choosing?

Take our 2-minute quiz to get personalized recommendations from these 13 tools.