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Llama 2

LegacyOpen weightsLast updated 5 October 2026 · Robert Levandovsky

Legacy model

Meta's original Llama repository carries a deprecation note and points to newer repositories created with the Llama 3.1 release. This page is kept for people maintaining older deployments.

Evidence: VerifiedSource

Verdict

Evidence: Editorial assessment

Llama 2 is a 2023 open-weight model family that Meta has since superseded. It is not a current coding tool, and aixjo previously listed it under Coding by mistake; it now sits under Models as a legacy entry. For new projects, start with a current open-weight family such as Qwen3.8, Kimi K3, Gemma or gpt-oss.

Quick facts

Llama 2
MakerMeta
CategoryAI Models & Open-Weight LLMs
Pricing modelOpen weights
StatusLegacy (superseded)
Official sitellama.meta.com
Data last checked5 October 2026

Key facts and sources

Verified = read on the provider's own page. Reported = third-party source, not yet confirmed. Claimed by provider = vendor claim, not tested by aixjo.
ClaimDetailEvidenceSource
Repository statusMeta's original llama repository carries a deprecation note: with the Llama 3.1 release Meta consolidated its GitHub repositories and points users to llama-models, PurpleLlama, llama-cookbook and related repositories. Weights are licensed for research and commercial use under Meta's licence and acceptable use policy.Verifiedmeta-llama/llama on GitHub, 5 October 2026
Notable releases, July to September 2026Reported: Kimi K3 open weights (27 July), DeepSeek V4-Flash (31 July) and V4.1 Flash under MIT licence (10 September), GLM-5.3 under MIT (August), Qwen3.8-Max (API only), and a Gemma 4 update (16 July).ReportedThursdAI release log, July 2026, 5 October 2026

Pricing

No prices are shown because we have not confirmed them on Llama 2's own pricing page. Go to Llama 2

Who should use it

  • Maintaining an existing Llama 2 deployment

Who should skip it

  • You are starting a new project in 2026

Limitations and risks

  • Superseded by newer Llama and other open-weight models.
  • Use is governed by Meta's licence and acceptable use policy, not an OSI open-source licence.

How it compares: Llama 2 alternatives

Qwen

Alibaba's Qwen family of language models; Qwen3.8 was released as open weights in August 2026, including a 2.4T-parameter flagship.

Open weightsChecked Oct 2026

Kimi

Moonshot AI's Kimi models; Kimi K3 is a 2.8T-parameter open-weight model with native vision and a 1M-token context window.

Open weightsChecked Oct 2026

gpt-oss

OpenAI's open-weight reasoning models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, released under the Apache 2.0 licence.

Open weightsChecked Oct 2026

Gemma

Google DeepMind's family of open-weight language models; Gemma 3n is the mobile-first member and Gemma 4 is the newest generation.

Open weightsSupersededChecked Oct 2026

DeepSeek

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek's open-weight language models, released under the MIT licence, plus a chat app and API.

Open weightsChecked Oct 2026

Rating

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Common questions

Is Llama 2 still worth using?

Only to maintain an existing deployment. Meta has consolidated its repositories around newer Llama releases, and several open-weight families released in 2026 are far more capable.

Is Llama 2 open source?

Its weights are available for research and commercial use under Meta's own licence and acceptable use policy. That is an open-weights licence, not an OSI-approved open-source licence.

Sources