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See also oss-ai-governance and forge-ai-governance (Codeberg July 2026).
Open source AI refers to AI models, tools, and research released with open licenses that allow anyone to use, modify, and distribute the technology.
Key Projects
- llama (Meta)
- gemma-4 (Google)
- mistral (Mistral AI)
- MiMo-V2.5 family (xiaomi, MIT license, April 2026)
Open Source Coding Agents (June 2026)
- opencode: Community terminal agent foundation (multi-provider, MCP, LSP)
- mimo-code: Xiaomi fork (June 10, 2026) — MIT license, persistent memory, dream/distill architecture
- skillopt: Microsoft Research (June 2026) — MIT license, optimizes agent-skills via text-space training
- assert-framework: Microsoft AI agent behavior testing (MIT, June 2026)
Strategic Pattern
DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and Xiaomi follow a common playbook: release capable models and tooling under permissive licenses (MIT, Apache 2.0) at aggressive pricing to build developer mindshare and ecosystem lock-in via model channels.