open-weight AI models

Open-weight AI models caught the frontier in August 2026, with Kimi K3 ranking #3 in the world. This guide compares the eleven best — Kimi K3, Qwen3.8-Max, GLM-5.2, DeepSeek V4, Inkling, Muse Glimmer and more — by benchmarks, licence tiers and hardware requirements. Find the model you can actually run and legally ship.