Free Hugging Face models

100K monthly Inference Provider credits for free users. Routes to Fireworks, Together, Hyperbolic, Nebius, Novita, DeepInfra and others. Thousands of models.

Free Hugging Face models in this directory

• Inference API · Rate-limited · 1000s of models
• Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · Credit-metered
• Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3 · Credit-metered
• Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1 · Credit-metered
• Phi-3.5-mini-instruct · Credit-metered
• Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct · Credit-metered

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Are Hugging Face models free?

Yes, within Hugging Face's free tier (100K credits/month free). No credit card is required. This directory lists 6 of its free models individually; beyond those, the provider offers thousands of community models on the same tier.

Can I use Hugging Face's free models commercially?

Commercial terms are not clearly documented. Check the provider's current terms before shipping.

How do I start using Hugging Face's free models?

100K monthly Inference Provider credits for free users. Routes to Fireworks, Together, Hyperbolic, Nebius, Novita, DeepInfra and others. Thousands of models.

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