Six free open-source models, one per job: from everyday chat to company servers
alex_verem · x · 2026-11-10
A quick-reference cheat sheet for picking a free open-source model by task — all six are free to download and the first five run on a normal computer:
- Everyday chat & writing: Qwen3.5 9B
- Coding and harder problems: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
- Reading photos, receipts, screenshots: MiniCPM-V 4.7
- Natural text-to-speech: Kokoro
- Old laptops and phones: Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B, a 6GB download
- Company servers: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, MIT licensed
The core advice: instead of paying for one model that does everything, pick the one that matches your job.
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