Open‑Source LLM Landscape Expands With Nine Models Launched In Twelve Days

Open‑Source LLMs – A Tech Insider report notes nine open‑source large language models were launched within a twelve‑day span in 2026, marking an unprecedented release cadence that signals rapid community development across the AI field.

Qwen3.8 – The Qwen3.8 model, listed on GitHub under the QwenLM organization, is the latest iteration of the Qwen series and is openly available for download, offering researchers a high‑parameter LLM without licensing fees.

Landscape – A Codersera blog outlines the 2026 open‑source LLM landscape, naming Qwen, Llama, DeepSeek and Kimi as key projects, illustrating a diversified ecosystem where multiple groups contribute comparable models to the public domain.

Tencent Hy4 – Tencent announced the preview of its Hy4 model and simultaneously open‑sourced the code, joining the wave of releases; the move expands the Chinese contribution to the global open‑source LLM pool.