{"repo":"Moh4696/30-powerful-llms","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/Moh4696/30-powerful-llms","clone":"git clone https://github.com/Moh4696/30-powerful-llms.git","description":"A practical guide to 30 powerful LLMs: 20 self-hostable open-weight families + 10 free hosted platforms. Descriptions, RAM/PC requirements, and install instructions.","language":null,"stars":37,"topics":[],"license":null,"category":"self-hosted-apps","readme_excerpt":"30 Powerful LLMs — Self-Host & Free-Hosted Guide A practical reference for 30 of the most powerful large language models you can use for free — either by self-hosting open-weight models on your own machine, or by using free hosted API platforms (no hardware needed). For every model you get: - What it is — a plain-English description, license, and where it shines. - PC / RAM recommendations — a table of variants with the hardware each needs. - How to install — copy-paste commands (Ollama, LM Studio, Hugging Face) or API setup. ⚠️ This space moves fast. Model names, sizes, licenses, and free-tier limits change constantly. Always confirm the current model card and rate limits before building anything serious. For live free-tier quotas, the canonical living list is cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources . --- Two ways to run an LLM Approach Privacy Cost Hardware Best for --- --- --- --- --- Self-host (open-weight, models 1–20) Fully private Free (your electricity) You need RAM/VRAM Privacy, offline, tinkering, fine-tuning Free hosted (platforms 21–30) Usually train on your data Free within rate limits None Quick start, frontier models, no GPU --- How much RAM do I actually need? (rule of thumb) Most people run quantized models (compressed to 4-bit, the Q4 builds Ollama pulls by default). Rough guide: Model size Approx. RAM/VRAM (Q4) Typical hardware --- --- --- 1B–3B 2–4 GB Any laptop, phone, Raspberry Pi 5 7B–9B 5–8 GB 8GB+ laptop, base M-series Mac 13B–14B 9–12 GB 16GB laptop, RTX 3060","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/Moh4696","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/Moh4696/30-powerful-llms/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}