Best open-source AI models

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Open-weight models you can download, inspect, and self-host now sit within reach of the closed frontier. These are the best open-source AI models in 2026, ranked on real capability, from full-size flagships to models you can run on a workstation.

We also have more in-depth rankings:Best models to run with Ollama

The ranking

Updated June 2026

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Kimi K2.6Moonshot AIThe strongest open-weight agentic coder on our board (47.6% on CursorBench).
Context262K
Input$0.67/M
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DeepSeek V4DeepSeekOpen weights, near-frontier reasoning, and a 1M token context window.
Context1.049M
Input$0.435/M
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GLM 5.1Z.AIZ.AI's flagship GLM: a strong open-weight all-rounder for agent work.
Context203K
Input$0.98/M
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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenThe open coding specialist: 1M context for large repositories, free tier included.
Context1.049M
Input$0.22/M
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Nemotron 3 UltraNvidiaNvidia's open-weight flagship with a 1M context window, free on OpenRouter.
Context1M
Input$0.5/M
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gpt-oss-120bOpenAIOpenAI's open-weight release: a dependable generalist you can self-host.
Context131K
Input$0.039/M
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Devstral 2 2512Mistral AIMistral's open coding model, sized to self-host sensibly.
Context262K
Input$0.4/M
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MiniMax M2.5MiniMaxOpen weights and solid quality at $0.15 per million when hosted.
Context205K
Input$0.15/M
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Hermes 3 405B InstructNous ResearchNous Research's lightly aligned large model, a community favorite.
Context131K
Input$1/M

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