Use the registry to answer deployment and licensing questions.
These guides are derived from the same 32 verified Model Passports and preserve the distinction between model facts, license facts and deployment facts.
Rather than publishing generic “top model” lists, each guide states its selection criteria and links back to the underlying Model Passports.
Hardware-oriented selection across consumer, workstation and datacenter classes.
Read guide →Apache 2.0A registry-backed collection of Apache-licensed open-weight models and the obligations that come with Apache 2.0.
Read guide →Commercial useA license-first guide separating permissive commercial use from custom or conditional terms.
Read guide →A guide can organize facts around a use case without turning editorial convenience into a new model fact.
Hardware categories are navigation aids, not guaranteed minimum requirements. Commercial-use labels summarize the recorded license state but do not replace the official license. Provider availability is treated as a deployment record and can change independently of model weights.
Every guide therefore links to the underlying passport and the Methodology page, making the path from summary to primary evidence visible.