Model · Mistral AI · Text
Mistral 7B
Mistral's foundational small open model. Apache-licensed, widely fine-tuned, and still a useful baseline for local inference and experimentation.
- Modality
- Text
- License
- Apache 2.0 (Open)
- Parameter size
- 7B
- Context window
- 32,768 tokens
- Released
- September 27, 2023
- Last verified
- May 10, 2026
- Runs locally
- Yes
Strengths
- Truly open Apache 2.0 license — no MAU restriction
- Runs on modest hardware (single consumer GPU)
- Massive ecosystem of fine-tuned variants
Weaknesses
- Older architecture — newer 7B-class models outperform it
- 32k context is small by modern standards
Try it
| Where | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face | weights | Apache 2.0 |
| Ollama | local | ollama run mistral |
| OpenRouter | hosted-api | API key required |
Official sources
- Announcement announcement
- Model card model
Change log
- — Initial entry.
- — Marked deprecated after verification that Mistral 7B no longer appears in Mistral's current model overview.
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