GLM
Strong at coding and agents. Local size is GLM-4.7-Flash 30B.
FreeOpen sourceRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Coding help and tool use
- On your PC
- Some setup
- Works on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- License
- MIT
What’s good
- Fast, only about 3B parts active per word
- Good at code and long tasks with tools
- MIT license, the most permissive kind
Downsides
- Text only, cannot read images
- Newer GLM-5.3 Flash (320B) is far too big for home
- Needs 24 GB of graphics memory or a 32 GB Mac
The details.
- Version
- GLM-4.7-FlashReleased 2026-01
- Open source
- Yes, MIT
- Made by
- Z.ai (Zhipu)
- Website
- z.ai
Should you use it?
It is #4 of 10. Good for coding help and tool use; for most people, Qwen is the better start.
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Some setup: download a model inside an app.
Use LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp.
- You need
- 24 GB graphics card, 32 GB Mac, or 32 GB RAM
- Setup
- Some setupDownload a model inside an app
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBToo small
- Mac, 32 GBRuns
- Mac, 64 GB+Runs
- PC, 8 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 12 GB GPURuns
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns