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foundation model frameworks

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

horizontal · 27 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Foundation model frameworks provide the core architectures, training harnesses, and base models required to develop and pretrain frontier AI systems across text, vision, and structured data. They are designed for machine learning researchers, systems engineers, and autonomous technology developers building complex models from the ground up. Unlike high-level AI application wrappers or end-user tools, these products operate at the foundational layer to manage raw training pipelines, world dynamics, and cluster-scale model execution.

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Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
OLMo-core 3 PH 1 2026-10-03
GLiDE PH 1 2026-10-04
Kumo Tabular PH 1 2026-10-01
TabPFN Scaling Mode HN 5 2025-12-03
yug GITHUB 8 2026-10-01
SketchSSM GITHUB 8 2026-10-02
LoongForge-A high-performance training framework for LLM, VLM, VLA, Wan HN 10 2026-05-21
Where-OPD GITHUB 10 2026-09-30
TabPFN-3.5, a Tabular Foundation Model for messy real-world tables HN 10 2026-09-15
open-transformers GITHUB 11 2026-09-15
ephris GITHUB 11 2026-10-01
AdaHVLA-Adaptive_Harness_VLA GITHUB 12 2026-09-22
TraceExtract GITHUB 13 2026-10-07
lev GITHUB 14 2026-09-25
Zesyde GITHUB 14 2026-10-10
lingbot-world-v2-realtime GITHUB 14 2026-09-16
MetaCog GITHUB 19 2026-09-20
AUGUstus GITHUB 20 2026-10-12
improveanytask.github.io GITHUB 21 2026-10-05
pocketvla GITHUB 24 2026-09-10
AD-E2E-JEPA GITHUB 33 2026-09-29
prometheus GITHUB 42 2026-09-15
InternW0-Delta GITHUB 45 2026-09-24
WorldPlay2 GITHUB 46 2026-09-28
causilo GITHUB 64 2026-09-13
titania GITHUB 87 2026-09-10
Claude Sonnet 5 PH 416 2026-07-01