Meta Llama 3 8B
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 7 Oct 2026; it is registered on Hugging Face and has been in the index since 24 Jul 2026. How this is checked
Meta-Llama-3-8B is the 8-billion parameter base model from Meta's Llama 3 family. Released with open weights under a permissive license, it is designed for text generation and can be fine-tuned for chat, coding, and other downstream tasks. The model is widely used via Hugging Face Transformers and supports local, on-premise, or cloud inference by developers and researchers.
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Overview
4 featuresPurpose: Accessing a high-quality, openly licensed language model that can be run locally or self-hosted without usage restrictions or vendor lock-in.
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Audience: developers
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Functions: code_generation
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Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: unknown · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: unknown
Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: Open Source · platforms: CLI, WEB · deployment: browser, cli, 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 Text generation space, Meta Llama 3 8B takes a focused approach. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on accessing a high-quality, openly licensed language model that can be run locally or self-hosted without usage restrictions or vendor lock-in. Inferred · not functionally tested: Meta Llama 3 8B is an open-source project aimed at developers. Basis unknown · not verified: Meta Llama 3 8B is open source under the Open Source license. Basis unknown · not verified: It runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Behind Meta Llama 3 8B is Meta, and it first shipped in 2024. The GitHub repository has been archived. It operates in a well-populated space: PulseGate tracks 15 similar projects. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include Text Generation, Instruction Tuning, and Open Weights.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested
- Text Generation
- Instruction Tuning
- Open Weights
- Transformer Architecture
Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested
Built with & integrations
- 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
- meta_llama
- llama- in the HTML
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed24 Jul · 09:44 UTCmeta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B seen via Hugging Face EnumeratorSource: Hugging Face Enumerator · Open
Frequently asked questions about Meta Llama 3 8B
- What does Meta Llama 3 8B do?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Meta Llama 3 8B focuses on accessing a high-quality, openly licensed language model that can be run locally or self-hosted without usage restrictions or vendor lock-in. It is catalogued under Text generation on PulseGate.
- Who should use Meta Llama 3 8B?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Meta Llama 3 8B is an open-source project built for developers.
- Does Meta Llama 3 8B have a free plan?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Meta Llama 3 8B is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does Meta Llama 3 8B run on?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Meta Llama 3 8B runs on the web, the command line, and API.
- Is Meta Llama 3 8B still active?
- PulseGate's liveness check found it on 7 Oct 2026.
- What projects are similar to Meta Llama 3 8B?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Meta Llama 3.1 8B, Meta Llama 3.1 8B, and Meta Llama 3 8B.Meta Llama 3.1 8BMeta Llama 3.1 8BMeta Llama 3 8B
- Who makes Meta Llama 3 8B?
- Meta Llama 3 8B is developed by Meta.
- When did Meta Llama 3 8B launch?
- Meta Llama 3 8B first shipped in 2024.
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