Rax focuses on processing and reasoning over images, video, and text in a single unified model. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.

Rax is an open-source project built for developers.

Yes — Rax is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.

What platforms does Rax run on?

Rax runs on the web, the command line, and API.

The GitHub repository shows 3.6k commits in the last 90 days.

Rax is developed by raxcore-dev.

Yes — Rax is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.

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Rax

Name: Rax
Author: raxcore-dev

huggingface.coInfrastructure

Rax-4.5 is a large multimodal model supporting text, image, and video inputs. It features a sophisticated chat template for handling mixed media content. The model is hosted on Hugging Face and is intended for local or self-hosted inference environments.

Open SourceApache-2.0WebCLIAPI

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30.6kstars

7.3kforks

3features

2023since

Overview

3 features

In the Foundation models & chat space, Rax takes a focused approach. It focuses on processing and reasoning over images, video, and text in a single unified model. Rax is an open-source project aimed at developers. Rax is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Rax is available on the web, the command line, and API.

raxcore-dev builds and maintains Rax, and it first shipped in 2023. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 30.6k stars and 3.6k commits in the last 90 days. Among its 3 catalogued features are Vision Understanding, Video Processing, and Multimodal Chat.

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

Vision Understanding
Video Processing
Multimodal Chat

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

AI providers

local_ossanthropic

Runs on

BrowserCLIAPI-only

Detected from

AWS: x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
anthropic: bclaude in the HTML
local_oss: bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML · bvllm in the HTML

Trust & compliance

License

Apache-2.0

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Frequently asked questions about Rax

What is Rax?: Rax focuses on processing and reasoning over images, video, and text in a single unified model. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.
Who should use Rax?: Rax is an open-source project built for developers.
Is Rax free?: Yes — Rax is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
What platforms does Rax run on?: Rax runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Is Rax still active?: The GitHub repository shows 3.6k commits in the last 90 days.
Who develops Rax?: Rax is developed by raxcore-dev.
How long has Rax been around?: Rax first shipped in 2023.
Is Rax open source?: Yes — Rax is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Cli · Web
Languages: English
License: Apache-2.0
Built for: developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Processing and reasoning over images, video, and text in a single unified model.

Registered as

Hugging Face: raxcore-dev/Rax-4.5

Developer

raxcore-dev

Community-driven

Open source

Stars: 30,579
Forks: 7,312
Open issues: 4,458
Last commit: 21 Jul 2026
Commits 90d: 3,618
Contributors: 1,653
Authorship: Community-driven
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.5.15.post1 · 14 Jul 2026

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70.4
Indexed: 21 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 21 Jul 2026

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Slug: raxcore-dev-rax-4-5-huggingface-co
Lifecycle state recorded: 21 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 21 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Derived from the model's own Hugging Face metadata.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 5 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://huggingface.co/raxcore-dev/Rax-4.5

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