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open-weight model deployment and runtimes

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-05), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

horizontal · 153 members · Data as of 2026-10-08

These tools, frameworks, and weights enable developers to run, fine-tune, and serve open-source large language models locally or on specialized hardware. They are used by AI engineers and researchers seeking cost-effective, high-throughput, or private model execution without relying entirely on proprietary APIs. Unlike general cloud infrastructure or high-level AI app builders, this cluster focuses directly on low-level inference optimization, quantization, and hardware-specific runtimes.

Metrics

Stage
forming
Recent count
128
Prior count
17
Total count
153
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.51
Crowding
0.64
Concentration
0.82
Opportunity
0.51

Opportunity components

Attention
0.51
Low crowding
0.36
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.18

Source split

github
102 (0.80)
hn
15 (0.12)
ph
11 (0.09)
yc
0 (0.00)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.80

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Ollama v0.19 PH 412 2026-04-01
DeepSeek-V4 PH 393 2026-04-24
astra-flash-orchestrator GITHUB 367 2026-09-17
deepseek-recipe GITHUB 329 2026-09-10
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 PH 321 2026-08-01
Moonshine Open-Weights STT models HN 316 2026-02-24
deepsec PH 256 2026-05-10
Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s HN 240 2026-09-01
GLM-5.3-Flash-EXL3-2x-DGX-Sparks-TensorFold GITHUB 231 2026-09-30
DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-EXL3-2x-DGX-Sparks GITHUB 206 2026-09-13
sllm HN 188 2026-04-04
3x-ui_runonflux GITHUB 187 2026-09-10
Distilling DeepSeek into GPT-OSS doesn't transfer censorship. Try it HN 170 2026-07-30
Mistral Large 4 PH 157 2026-10-07
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-Single-DGX-Spark-TensorFold GITHUB 156 2026-09-29
Light-O1 GITHUB 155 2026-09-20
Naive-N0.5-Flash GITHUB 142 2026-09-27
NixOS-DGX-Spark HN 132 2026-08-02
Streambed HN 129 2026-05-31
DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-DGX-Sparks GITHUB 118 2026-09-11
deepseek-harness-linux GITHUB 117 2026-10-03
Deepseek-Harness-Easy-Setup GITHUB 103 2026-09-20
glm53-tensorfold-spark GITHUB 99 2026-09-28
dsv41-flash-offload GITHUB 97 2026-10-02
deepseek-v41-flash-spark GITHUB 92 2026-09-10
deepseek-v41-flash-mac-mini GITHUB 88 2026-09-11
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Two-Sparks GITHUB 85 2026-10-03
kindling-spark-os GITHUB 75 2026-10-01
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-vLLM-DGX-Spark GITHUB 65 2026-09-10
Spectre-APK GITHUB 65 2026-09-13
dsh-cloud GITHUB 63 2026-09-09
DSH-Desktop GITHUB 61 2026-09-11
Bash4LLM+ HN 60 2026-06-28
dsh-550c-boot GITHUB 55 2026-09-28
DOOM in the kernel, or fibers in eBPF HN 53 2026-09-09
project-maya GITHUB 52 2026-10-06
I built a RISC-V emulator that runs DOOM HN 50 2026-05-03
MiMo-V2.6-Flash-DGX-Spark-Recipe GITHUB 44 2026-09-22
deepseek-v4.1-flash-4x-rtx-pro-6000 GITHUB 43 2026-09-10
HushMessenger GITHUB 41 2026-09-27
deepseekv4.1-A100-custom GITHUB 40 2026-09-11
dsh-model-fusion GITHUB 36 2026-09-27
xgoduck_rl GITHUB 36 2026-09-24
dsh-codex-effort-slider GITHUB 34 2026-10-04
E80: an 8-bit CPU in structural VHDL HN 34 2026-01-17
glm53-flash-offload GITHUB 34 2026-10-01
MiMo-V2.6-Flash-2x-DGX-Sparks GITHUB 34 2026-09-22
Just Fucking Use Cloudflare HN 33 2025-12-24
pix-golpe GITHUB 25 2026-09-22
GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4-2x-4x-DGX-Sparks-RiNGSiDE GITHUB 25 2026-09-25