Llama 3.x

Meta's Llama family is the most widely adopted open LLM, with sizes from 8B (runs on a laptop) to 405B (rivals GPT-4). It supports 128K context, has a massive fine-tune ecosystem, and its permissive license allows commercial use. The default choice for anyone building on open-source language models.

AI ToolFree Tier: Fully open; 128K contextCompany: Meta AICategory: Open-Source ModelsOpen Source: YesQuick Start: Install Ollama and run 'ollama run llama3' → Start chatting locally with zero cloud dependency → Scale up to larger variants as needed

Llama 3.x

Best all-around open LLM — 8B to 405B

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Meta's Llama family is the most widely adopted open LLM, with sizes from 8B (runs on a laptop) to 405B (rivals GPT-4). It supports 128K context, has a massive fine-tune ecosystem, and its permissive license allows commercial use. The default choice for anyone building on open-source language models.

FREE TIER
Fully open; 128K context
COMPANY
Meta AI
CATEGORY
Open-Source Models › Large Language Models
OPEN SOURCE
Yes
PRIVACY
Run locally
TAGS
llmmeta

QUICK START

Install Ollama and run 'ollama run llama3' → Start chatting locally with zero cloud dependency → Scale up to larger variants as needed

BEST FOR

  • ▸Default choice for anyone self-hosting an LLM
  • ▸Sizes from 8B (laptop) to 405B (GPT-4-rival)
  • ▸128K context + permissive commercial license

NOT FOR

  • ✕Frontier reasoning — Claude / GPT-4 still lead
  • ✕Out-of-the-box multimodal features

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