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Introduction: 2026 — The Golden Age of Open Source LLMs # The development of open source large language models (LLMs) in 2026 has exceeded all expectations. Just two years ago, the industry was still debating whether open source models could catch up to GPT-4. Today, that question has been completely rewritten — open source models haven’t just caught up; in many critical areas, they’ve surpassed their closed-source counterparts.