Licenses and commercial use
Listed models grouped by how their license treats commercial use. The summaries were written by this site after reading the original license text.
We use the license on the Hugging Face page of the original model (the model the quantization was made from), not the label on the GGUF repository, because the two often differ (for example, Gemma 4's original model is Apache 2.0, but many GGUF repositories label it gemma).
"Commercial use allowed" means the original license permits using the model for business or in a service (using its outputs, building it into an app). Redistributing the model or publishing modified versions has separate conditions, such as including the license text, and some GGUF distributors add their own terms. Always check the original text before use (this is not legal advice).
If distributors of the same model show different licenses, the model is counted under each license, so the totals add up to more than the number of listed models.
- Commercial OK
- 835models
- Conditional
- 242models
- Non-commercial
- 28models
- Unverified
- 175models
Commercial use allowed
Licenses that allow commercial use, modification and redistribution. When redistributing, the usual conditions apply, such as keeping the license text and copyright notice.
Apache License 2.0
666 modelsAllows commercial use, modification and redistribution. When redistributing, keep the license text and copyright notice, and note changes in modified files.
MIT License
146 modelsAllows commercial use, modification and redistribution. When redistributing, keep the copyright notice and license text.
OpenMDW License 1.1
12 modelsAllows use without restriction, including commercial use. When redistributing, keep the license text and copyright notice. There are no restrictions on using outputs.
NVIDIA Nemotron Open Model License
4 modelsCommercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed (NVIDIA states the works are commercially usable). The grant is irrevocable. When redistributing, include the license text, and if a NOTICE file exists, add "Licensed by NVIDIA Corporation under the NVIDIA Nemotron Model License." in derivatives. If you sue over patent or copyright infringement by the model, your license for it ends.
NVIDIA Open Model Agreement
3 modelsCommercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed (NVIDIA states the works are commercially usable). The grant is irrevocable. When redistributing, include the license text, and if a NOTICE file exists, add "Licensed by NVIDIA Corporation under the NVIDIA Open Model Agreement." in derivatives. If you sue over patent or copyright infringement by the model, your license for it ends.
Allows commercial use and modification. Attribution is required, and modified works must be published under the same license.
WTFPL
1 modelsAllows use without restriction.
BSD 2-Clause License
1 modelsCommercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed. When redistributing in source or binary form, keep the copyright notice, conditions and disclaimer.
Commercial use with conditions
Licenses that allow commercial use but set conditions on scale (monthly active users, revenue), purpose or attribution.
Llama 2 Community License
47 modelsAllows commercial use. However, products or services with more than 700 million monthly active users need a separate license from Meta. You must follow the Acceptable Use Policy.
Meta Llama 3 Community License
46 modelsAllows commercial use. Over 700 million monthly active users requires a separate license from Meta. Redistribution and published derivatives must show "Built with Meta Llama 3", and you must follow the Acceptable Use Policy.
Llama 3.1 Community License
35 modelsAllows commercial use. Over 700 million monthly active users requires a separate license from Meta. Redistribution and published derivatives must show "Built with Llama", and you must follow the Acceptable Use Policy.
Gemma Terms of Use
29 modelsAllows commercial use. It must not be used for prohibited uses (Gemma Prohibited Use Policy), and redistributors must pass the same restrictions on. Google states it may restrict use it considers in violation of the terms.
Qwen Community License 1.0
22 modelsAllows commercial use. However, companies (including affiliates) that offer the model to third parties as a service (Model as a Service, e.g. via an API) or run an AI assistant business for coding or office work need a separate license from Qwen before commercial use (internal-only use is excluded). Products with over 100 million monthly active users or over USD 20 million in monthly revenue must display the model name.
LFM Open License v1.0
17 modelsCommercial use by organizations with annual revenue of USD 10 million or more is not permitted under this license (a separate agreement is needed). Below that, commercial use is allowed.
Llama 3.3 Community License
10 modelsAllows commercial use. Over 700 million monthly active users requires a separate license from Meta. Redistribution and published derivatives must show "Built with Llama", and you must follow the Acceptable Use Policy.
Swift Open License v1.0
9 modelsCommercial use by organizations with total revenue of USD 1 million or more in the most recent fiscal year is not permitted under this license (a separate agreement is needed). Below that, commercial use is allowed.
Llama 3.2 Community License
7 modelsAllows commercial use. Over 700 million monthly active users requires a separate license from Meta. Redistribution and published derivatives must show "Built with Llama", and you must follow the Acceptable Use Policy.
Qwen License Agreement
3 modelsAllows commercial use. However, products or services with more than 100 million monthly active users need a separate license from Alibaba Cloud.
MIT License plus one condition. If a commercial product or service has more than 100 million monthly active users or more than US$20 million in monthly revenue, the model name (Kimi K2, Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code, etc.) must be prominently displayed in its interface. Otherwise it is like MIT: keep the copyright notice and license text. We checked the original text of Moonshot AI's Kimi K2, K2.6 and K2.7 Code; other authors using the same name may have different terms.
Kohaku License 1.0
2 modelsIf revenue exceeds USD 25,000 and commercial use lasts more than 3 months, individual permission from the author is required. Otherwise commercial use is allowed.
Llama 4 Community License
2 modelsCommercial use is allowed. If, on the Llama 4 release date, you or your affiliates had more than 700 million monthly active users, you need a separate license from Meta. When redistributing, or offering a product or service that contains the model, include the license text and prominently display "Built with Llama". If you use it to create, train or fine-tune an AI model that you distribute, start that model's name with "Llama". You must follow the Acceptable Use Policy.
NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement
2 modelsCommercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed (NVIDIA states the models are commercially usable), with conditions. If you bypass or disable the safety guardrails built into the model without a substantially similar replacement, your license ends automatically. Use must follow NVIDIA's Trustworthy AI terms. NVIDIA may update the agreement to meet legal requirements, and you must follow the update or stop using the model. Distribution requires the license text and a NOTICE attribution ("Licensed by NVIDIA Corporation under the NVIDIA Open Model License"); Cosmos models also require "Built on NVIDIA Cosmos".
GLM-4 License (glm-4-9b)
2 modelsFree for academic research. For commercial use you must register through the official form (registered users can use it commercially for free). Keep the copyright notice and license text; when distributing, prominently display "Built with glm-4", and start the name of any model you build with it with "glm-4". Military or illegal uses, and uses that harm national security or the public interest, are prohibited. The license is revocable. It is governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China.
HyperCLOVA X SEED Model License
1 modelsAllows commercial use. However, if you had more than 10 million monthly active users on the model's release date, or offer products or services that compete with NAVER, you need a separate license from NAVER.
Apache License 2.0 with one additional condition: whatever form you use or distribute it in, you must keep stating the original name "S1-mini" (Superwhisper).
GLM-5.3 License
1 modelsClose to MIT: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed. Keep the copyright notice and license text, and follow applicable laws. There is one condition aimed at very large operators: if you run a "Model as a Service" business (giving third parties inference or fine-tuning access) and you and your affiliates earn more than US$10 billion over any 12 months, you must pass Z.AI's security review before commercial use.
Kimi K3 License
1 modelsCommercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed. If you run a "Model as a Service" business (giving third parties inference or fine-tuning access) and you and your affiliates earn more than US$20 million over any 12 months, you must sign a separate agreement with Moonshot AI before commercial use. Products or services with more than 100 million monthly active users or more than US$20 million monthly revenue must prominently display "Kimi K3". Internal use, and use through Moonshot AI's official products or certified inference partners, is exempt from these two conditions.
The license is limited by region: it covers the world excluding the EU, the UK, South Korea and the United States, and use, copying, modification, distribution or display outside that territory is not authorized (contact MiniMax if you want to deploy in an excluded territory). If a commercial product or service earns more than US$20 million a year, you need prior written authorization, and you must prominently display "MiniMax H3" in the interface. You may not use the model or its outputs to improve other AI models, you must follow the Acceptable Use Policy, and you must bind users to the same restrictions.
DeepSeek License Agreement
1 modelsAllows commercial use, redistribution and offering it as a service. Uses such as military use, discrimination and generating harmful misinformation are prohibited (Attachment A of the license).
No commercial use
Licenses limited to non-commercial use such as research, evaluation or personal use.
You may use and modify it with attribution for non-commercial purposes only. Commercial use is not allowed.
Qwen Research License
8 modelsLimited to non-commercial purposes such as research and evaluation. Commercial use needs a separate license from Alibaba Cloud.
You may use, modify and redistribute for non-commercial purposes only, with attribution. Adaptations must be shared under the same (or a compatible) license. Commercial use is not allowed (non-commercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation).
Mistral AI Research License
2 modelsLimited to research: personal, scientific or academic research that is non-profit, non-commercial and not directly or indirectly tied to commercial activities. It excludes use in a company's daily work, tests or proofs of concept meant to generate revenue, and distribution or hosting (e.g. SaaS) by commercial entities. Outputs and derivatives carry the same restriction. For commercial use you must ask Mistral AI for a separate license.
NVIDIA License (non-commercial)
1 modelsA non-commercial license limited to research and evaluation.
PolyForm Strict License 1.0.0
1 modelsMay be used only for non-commercial purposes (personal research, study, hobbies, non-profit organizations, etc.). Redistribution and modification are not allowed.
Commercial use not verified
Licenses whose text this site has not verified yet, or models with no license stated. Check the original model's page before use.
No license stated
151 modelsModels: test-model-router-download, Qwen2.5-VL-3B-Instruct, Gemmable-4-12B-MTP, Cydonia-24B-v4.3, Muse-Glimmer-30B and more
plamo-community-license
7 modelsModels: plamo-3-translate-0.8b, plamo-3-translate-2b, plamo-3-translate-8b, plamo-3-translate-31b, plamo-3-nict-2b-base and more
netease-model-use-license-agreement
2 modelsModels: Confucius4-R2T2, Confucius4-R2T2-Q4_K_M
openrail
2 modelsdeepseek-license
1 modelsModels: DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite-Instruct
polyform-small-business-1.0.0
1 modelsModels: ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B
ltx-2-community-license-agreement
1 modelsModels: Sulphur-2-base
health-ai-developer-foundations
1 modelsModels: medgemma-4b-it
google-gemma-terms-of-use
1 modelsModels: gemma-2b-it
flux-non-commercial-v2.1
1 modelsstellon-labs-community-license
1 modelsModels: kitten-tts-2
tongyi-qianwen
1 modelsModels: rinna-nekomata-14b-instruction
sarashina-model-noncommercial-license-agreement
1 modelsModels: sarashina2.2-tts
nvidia-oneway-noncommercial
1 modelsModels: Audio-Flamingo
rusmind-license
1 modelsModels: RusMind-Momentum
minimax-community
1 modelsModels: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Maya
fish-audio-community-license
1 modelsModels: Drama-3-Japanese
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