heretic-llm
heretic-llm is an open-source command-line tool that automatically removes censorship mechanisms from transformer-based language models. It is designed for AI researchers who need unrestricted access to model outputs for research or experimentation. The tool is AGPL-licensed and runs locally.
Overview
5 featuresIn the AI security & guardrails space, heretic-llm takes a focused approach. It focuses on removing automated censorship restrictions from language models for unrestricted text generation. heretic-llm is an open-source project aimed at AI researchers. The project is open source (AGPL-3.0). It runs on the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
p-e-w builds and maintains heretic-llm, and it first shipped in 2025. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 25.1k stars and 55 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 5 catalogued features are censorship removal, LLM patching, and command-line interface.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Censorship removal
- LLM patching
- Command-line interface
- Transformer support
- Open source
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Frequently asked questions about heretic-llm
- What does heretic-llm do?
- Heretic-llm focuses on removing automated censorship restrictions from language models for unrestricted text generation. It is catalogued under AI security & guardrails on PulseGate.
- Who is heretic-llm for?
- heretic-llm is an open-source project built for AI researchers.
- Is heretic-llm free?
- Yes — heretic-llm is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and free to use.
- What platforms does heretic-llm run on?
- heretic-llm runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is heretic-llm still maintained?
- The GitHub repository shows 55 commits in the last 90 days.
- Who develops heretic-llm?
- heretic-llm is developed by p-e-w.
- How long has heretic-llm been around?
- heretic-llm first shipped in 2025.
- Is heretic-llm open source?
- Yes — heretic-llm is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, developed on GitHub.
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