# Trusty Models > Plain-English answers about which local AI models you can trust and use. Covers license clarity, trust scores, hardware needs, and LM Studio and Hermes setup for 44 open local AI models. Facts last checked 2026-10-14. Each fact has a source URL, check date, and status (verified, not yet checked, or estimate). 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Llama Community License. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [Llama 3.2 3B](https://trustymodels.com/models/llama-3-2-3b/): Meta. Llama Community License. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [Llama 3.3 70B](https://trustymodels.com/models/llama-3-3-70b/): Meta. Llama Community License. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [Llama 4 Scout](https://trustymodels.com/models/llama-4-scout/): Meta. Llama Community License. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [GPT-OSS 20B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gpt-oss-20b/): OpenAI. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [GPT-OSS 120B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gpt-oss-120b/): OpenAI. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3.5 9B](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-5-9b/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3.8 27B](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-8-27b/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3 4B 2507](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-4b-2507/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3 8B](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-8b/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3 14B](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-14b/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3 30B-A3B 2507](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3 32B](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-32b/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen3 Coder 30B](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen3-coder-30b/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Qwen2.5 VL 7B](https://trustymodels.com/models/qwen2-5-vl-7b/): Alibaba Qwen. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Gemma 4 12B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gemma-4-12b/): Google. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Gemma 4 E4B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gemma-4-e4b/): Google. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Gemma 3 4B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gemma-3-4b/): Google. Gemma Terms of Use. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [Gemma 3 12B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gemma-3-12b/): Google. Gemma Terms of Use. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [Gemma 3 27B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gemma-3-27b/): Google. Gemma Terms of Use. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [Gemma 3n E4B](https://trustymodels.com/models/gemma-3n-e4b/): Google. Gemma Terms of Use. Business: limits. Trust 58/100. - [DeepSeek R1 Distill 7B](https://trustymodels.com/models/deepseek-r1-distill-7b/): DeepSeek. MIT License. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B](https://trustymodels.com/models/deepseek-r1-distill-14b/): DeepSeek. MIT License. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [DeepSeek R1 0528 8B](https://trustymodels.com/models/deepseek-r1-0528-8b/): DeepSeek. MIT License. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Phi-4](https://trustymodels.com/models/phi-4/): Microsoft. MIT License. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Phi-4 mini](https://trustymodels.com/models/phi-4-mini/): Microsoft. MIT License. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Mistral 7B v0.3](https://trustymodels.com/models/mistral-7b-v0-3/): Mistral AI. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Mistral Nemo 12B](https://trustymodels.com/models/mistral-nemo-12b/): Mistral AI. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Mistral Small 3.2](https://trustymodels.com/models/mistral-small-3-2/): Mistral AI. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Magistral Small](https://trustymodels.com/models/magistral-small/): Mistral AI. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Devstral Small](https://trustymodels.com/models/devstral-small/): Mistral AI. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Olmo 3 7B](https://trustymodels.com/models/olmo-3-7b/): Ai2. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 100/100. - [Olmo 3.1 32B](https://trustymodels.com/models/olmo-3-1-32b/): Ai2. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 100/100. - [OLMo 2 32B](https://trustymodels.com/models/olmo-2-32b/): Ai2. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 100/100. - [Granite 3.3 2B](https://trustymodels.com/models/granite-3-3-2b/): IBM. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Granite 3.3 8B](https://trustymodels.com/models/granite-3-3-8b/): IBM. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Granite 4.0 H Tiny](https://trustymodels.com/models/granite-4-0-h-tiny/): IBM. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [Granite 4.0 H Small](https://trustymodels.com/models/granite-4-0-h-small/): IBM. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [SmolLM3 3B](https://trustymodels.com/models/smollm3-3b/): Hugging Face. Apache License 2.0. Business: yes. Trust 100/100. - [Hermes 3 8B](https://trustymodels.com/models/hermes-3-8b/): Nous Research. Llama Community License. Business: limits. Trust 64/100. - [Nemotron Nano 9B v2](https://trustymodels.com/models/nemotron-nano-9b-v2/): NVIDIA. NVIDIA Open Model License. Business: limits. Trust 64/100. - [GLM-4.5 Air](https://trustymodels.com/models/glm-4-5-air/): Z.ai. MIT License. Business: yes. Trust 84/100. - [LFM2 1.2B](https://trustymodels.com/models/lfm2-1-2b/): Liquid AI. LFM Open License v1.0. Business: limits. Trust 64/100. - [Command R7B](https://trustymodels.com/models/command-r7b/): Cohere. CC BY-NC 4.0. Business: no. Trust 38/100.