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LongCat (Meituan)

LongCat-2.0 open-weight 1.8T-parameter model with FP8 and INT8 builds

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What LongCat (Meituan) does

  • LongCat-2.0 open-weight 1.8T-parameter model with FP8 and INT8 builds
  • LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse 69B, LongCat-Flash-Prover and LongCat-Next any-to-any models
  • Also AudioDiT speech and Video-Avatar models, all downloadable

LongCat (Meituan) — straight answers

What is LongCat (Meituan)?

LongCat (Meituan) is listed under Notable Open Models, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. LongCat-2.0 open-weight 1.8T-parameter model with FP8 and INT8 builds. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at huggingface.co.

Is LongCat (Meituan) free?

LongCat (Meituan) is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use LongCat (Meituan) in a browser, or is there an app?

LongCat (Meituan) needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on self-hosting and the web.

What can LongCat (Meituan) do?

LongCat (Meituan) does 3 things the catalog singles out: Longcat-2.0 open-weight 1.8t-parameter model with fp8 and int8 builds; longcat-flash-lite-sparse 69b, longcat-flash-prover and longcat-next any-to-any models; also audiodit speech and video-avatar models, all downloadable.

What is the best free alternative to LongCat (Meituan)?

DeepSeek Models is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Notable Open Models sub-category and is free. ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu), Falcon (TII) and Hunyuan (Tencent) also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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