Every option in the catalog for when you need to download weights you can inspect, fine-tune and self-host — 24 open-weight AI models, 24 of them free or freemium, with the pricing tier printed on every row.
24tools listed
24free or freemium
23with no paid plan at all
1sub-categories covered
Best Free Open-weight AI models — straight answers
What are the best free open-weight AI models?
Flocci AI Tools lists 24 of them, ordered free tiers first: DeepSeek Models, ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu), Falcon (TII), Hunyuan (Tencent) and MiniMax M2 (open weights). Every one of them is free or has a free tier. Each entry states what it uniquely does rather than a score.
Which of these are completely free?
23 on this page are marked fully free with no paid plan at all: DeepSeek Models, ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu), Falcon (TII), Hunyuan (Tencent) and MiniMax M2 (open weights). The remaining 1 are freemium, trial or paid, and each is labelled with its exact tier so nothing surprises you at sign-up.
How is this list ordered?
Free tools first, then freemium, then trial, then paid, and alphabetically inside each tier. Nobody pays to appear higher: Flocci AI Tools carries no ads, no sponsored slots and no paid listings, so the order reflects price and nothing else.
Best Free Open-weight AI models — quick picks
Which open-weight AI models work in a browser with no install?
DeepSeek Models, ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu), Falcon (TII), Hunyuan (Tencent) and MiniMax M2 (open weights) all work in a browser tab with no install needed — just open the site and go. 12 of the 24 free open-weight AI models listed here are browser-based.
Which open-weight AI models let you sign in with Google?
Qwen (Alibaba) supports Google sign-in, so you can start without creating a new account. That's 1 of the 24 free open-weight AI models on this page.
Which open-weight AI models have a mobile app?
DeepSeek Models and Qwen (Alibaba) have an iOS or Android app. 2 of the 24 free open-weight AI models here can run on your phone.
Which open-weight AI models can you self-host or run offline?
GPT-OSS (OpenAI), Kimi K3 (Moonshot AI), Llama (Meta), Sarvam Open Models (30B / 105B) and TimesFM (Google Research) can be self-hosted or run locally without a browser — useful for privacy, air-gapped networks, or avoiding API rate limits. 5 of the 24 free open-weight AI models here run offline.