Open-weight models we recommend when code matters — coder-tuned releases plus general-purpose frontiers that consistently rank near the top of public coding benchmarks. Editorially curated; refreshed as new releases ship.
| Model | Licence | Commercial use | Origin | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Laguna XS.2 | Apache 2.0 | Unrestricted | USA | |
MiMo-V2.5-Pro Performance | MIT | Unrestricted | China | |
Kimi-K2.6 Performance | Modified MIT | Attribution at scale | China | |
Qwen3.6-27B Performance | Apache 2.0 | Unrestricted | China | |
DeepSeek-V4-Flash Performance | MIT | Unrestricted | China | |
DeepSeek-V4-Pro Performance | MIT | Unrestricted | China | |
GLM-5.1 Performance | MIT | Unrestricted | China (Beijing) | |
Codestral 22B | MNPL (non-prod) | Paid licence req. | EU |