Best Open-Source LLMs

The best open-source AI models — open-weight, downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable — ranked by intelligence. Open-source alternatives to proprietary frontier models.

1. 1
   kimi-k3

   ReasoningToolsJSON+157.1 intel · $3.00/M · 1.0M ctx
   57.1

   Intelligence
2. 2
   glm-5.2

   ReasoningToolsJSON51.1 intel · $0.966/M · 1.0M ctx
   51.1

   Intelligence
3. 3
   minimax-m3

   ReasoningToolsJSON+144.4 intel · $0.300/M · 1.0M ctx
   44.4

   Intelligence
4. 4
   minimax-m3:batch

   ReasoningToolsJSON+144.4 intel · $0.150/M · 524K ctx
   44.4

   Intelligence
5. 5
   deepseek-v4-pro

   ReasoningToolsJSON44.3 intel · $0.435/M · 1.0M ctx
   44.3

   Intelligence
6. 6
   kimi-k2.6

   ReasoningToolsJSON+144.2 intel · $0.950/M · 262K ctx
   44.2

   Intelligence
7. 7
   mimo-v2.5-pro

   ReasoningToolsJSON42.2 intel · $0.435/M · 1.1M ctx
   42.2

   Intelligence
8. 8
   kimi-k2.7-code

   ReasoningToolsJSON+141.9 intel · $0.730/M · 262K ctx
   41.9

   Intelligence
9. 9
   hy3

   ReasoningToolsJSON41.2 intel · $0.132/M · 262K ctx
   41.2

   Intelligence
10. 10N
    nex-n2-pro

    ReasoningToolsVision41.0 intel · $0.250/M · 262K ctx
    41.0

    Intelligence
11. 11T
    inkling

    ReasoningToolsJSON+240.7 intel · $1.00/M · 1.0M ctx
    40.7

    Intelligence
12. 12
    deepseek-v4-flash

    ReasoningToolsJSON40.3 intel · $0.140/M · 1.0M ctx
    40.3

    Intelligence
13. 13
    glm-5.1

    ReasoningToolsJSON40.2 intel · $0.966/M · 205K ctx
    40.2

    Intelligence
14. 14
    glm-5

    ReasoningToolsJSON39.5 intel · $0.950/M · 205K ctx
    39.5

    Intelligence
15. 15
    minimax-m2.7

    ReasoningToolsJSON38.1 intel · $0.250/M · 205K ctx
    38.1

    Intelligence
16. 16
    mimo-v2.5

    ReasoningToolsJSON+237.2 intel · $0.140/M · 1.1M ctx
    37.2

    Intelligence
17. 17
    qwen3.6-27b

    ReasoningToolsJSON+137.1 intel · $0.300/M · 262K ctx
    37.1

    Intelligence
18. 18
    kimi-k2.5

    ReasoningToolsJSON+135.4 intel · $0.570/M · 262K ctx
    35.4

    Intelligence
19. 19
    qwen3.5-27b

    ReasoningToolsJSON+133.8 intel · $0.195/M · 262K ctx
    33.8

    Intelligence
20. 20
    qwen3.5-397b-a17b

    ReasoningToolsJSON+133.7 intel · $0.390/M · 262K ctx
    33.7

    Intelligence
21. 21
    minimax-m2.5

    ReasoningToolsJSON33.7 intel · $0.150/M · 205K ctx
    33.7

    Intelligence
22. 22
    glm-4.7

    ReasoningToolsJSON33.7 intel · $0.400/M · 205K ctx
    33.7

    Intelligence
23. 23
    hy3-preview

    ReasoningTools33.6 intel · $0.063/M · 262K ctx
    33.6

    Intelligence
24. 24M
    longcat-2.0

    ReasoningTools33.5 intel · $0.300/M · 1.0M ctx
    33.5

    Intelligence
25. 25
    kimi-k2-thinking

    ReasoningToolsJSON32.7 intel · $0.600/M · 262K ctx
    32.7

    Intelligence