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Clef

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PulseGate's liveness check found it on 5 Oct 2026; it has been in the index since 5 Oct 2026. How this is checked

Cloudflare Clef is an open-weight multimodal language model published on Hugging Face. Developers can download the model and run it locally or in self-hosted inference environments using common machine learning tooling.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Open SourceWebCLISelf-hostedAPI
Clef preview
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Overview

5 features

Purpose: Running an open-weight multimodal language model without relying on proprietary hosted inference.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: AI developers and machine learning researchers

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: Unknown

Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: unknown · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: indicated (inferred, not tested)

Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: Open Source · platforms: CLI, WEB · deployment: browser, cli, self_hosted, api_only

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: huggingface.co. These links do not verify the individual claims.

In the Quantised & converted weights space, Clef takes a focused approach. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on running an open-weight multimodal language model without relying on proprietary hosted inference. Inferred · not functionally tested: It is built as an open-source project for AI developers and machine learning researchers. Basis unknown · not verified: Clef is open source under the Open Source license. Basis unknown · not verified: It runs on the web, the command line, and API, and it can be self-hosted.

Behind Clef is Cloudflare. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include text generation, image understanding, and video understanding.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Text generation
  • Image understanding
  • Video understanding
  • Chat templates
  • Local inference

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
open-weightsmultimodal-modelvision-language-modellocal-inference
AI capabilities
TextImageVideoMultimodal
Inference: LocalWeights: Open

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

Hosting
AWS
AI providers
local_oss
Runs on
BrowserCLISelf-hostedAPI-only
Detected from
AWS
x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
local_oss
bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML · bvllm in the HTML

Trust & compliance

License
Open Source
Public signals
HTTPSPrivacy PolicyTerms of ServiceOpen SourceFree tier

Indexing history

1

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed5 Oct · 17:59 UTC
    Cloudflare Clef Open Weights seen via Hacker News firehose (Algolia)
    Source: Hacker News firehose (Algolia) · Open

Frequently asked questions about Clef

What does Clef do?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Clef focuses on running an open-weight multimodal language model without relying on proprietary hosted inference. It is catalogued under Quantised & converted weights on PulseGate.
Who should use Clef?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Clef is an open-source project built for AI developers and machine learning researchers.
Does Clef have a free plan?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Clef is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does Clef run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: Clef runs on the web, the command line, and API. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Clef still active?
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 5 Oct 2026.
What are alternatives to Clef?
Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include D1 3b, M2 2B, and Qwen3.6 35B A3B Westernized.D1 3bM2 2BQwen3.6 35B A3B Westernized
Who makes Clef?
Clef is developed by Cloudflare.
Is Clef open source?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Clef is open source under the Open Source license.

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