Who should use VLM2Vec Full?

VLM2Vec Full is an open-source project built for Multimodal AI developers.

Is VLM2Vec Full free?

Yes — VLM2Vec Full is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.

What platforms does VLM2Vec Full run on?

VLM2Vec Full runs on the web, the command line, and API.

Is VLM2Vec Full still active?

The GitHub repository shows 14 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to VLM2Vec Full?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SmolVLM2 2.2B Instruct, InternVL2 5 4B, and InternVL2 8B.

Who develops VLM2Vec Full?

VLM2Vec Full is developed by TIGER Lab.

How long has VLM2Vec Full been around?

VLM2Vec Full first shipped in 2025.

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VLM2Vec Full

Name: VLM2Vec Full
Author: TIGER Lab

huggingface.coInfrastructure

VLM2Vec is a vision-language model trained to produce high-quality universal embeddings from both text and image inputs. The full model supports a wide range of multimodal retrieval and similarity applications.

Open SourceApache-2.0WebCLIAPI

Visit huggingface.co

670stars

64forks

2features

2025since

Overview

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VLM2Vec Full is a Foundation models & chat project. It focuses on creating unified embeddings from both text and images for retrieval and similarity tasks. VLM2Vec Full is an open-source project aimed at Multimodal AI developers. The project is open source (Apache-2.0). It ships for the web, the command line, and API.

It is developed by TIGER Lab, and it first shipped in 2025. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 670 stars and 14 commits in the last 90 days.

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

Multimodal embeddings
Vision-language understanding

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

AI providers

local_oss

Runs on

BrowserCLIAPI-only

Detected from

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

Trust & compliance

License

Apache-2.0

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy Policy Terms of Service Open Source GitHub · ★ 670Active maintenance

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed5 Aug · 08:05 UTC
TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-Full verified against its public source
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Frequently asked questions about VLM2Vec Full

What does VLM2Vec Full do?: VLM2Vec Full focuses on creating unified embeddings from both text and images for retrieval and similarity tasks. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.
Who should use VLM2Vec Full?: VLM2Vec Full is an open-source project built for Multimodal AI developers.
Is VLM2Vec Full free?: Yes — VLM2Vec Full is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
What platforms does VLM2Vec Full run on?: VLM2Vec Full runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Is VLM2Vec Full still active?: The GitHub repository shows 14 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to VLM2Vec Full?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SmolVLM2 2.2B Instruct, InternVL2 5 4B, and InternVL2 8B.SmolVLM2 2.2B Instruct InternVL2 5 4B InternVL2 8B
Who develops VLM2Vec Full?: VLM2Vec Full is developed by TIGER Lab.
How long has VLM2Vec Full been around?: VLM2Vec Full first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Cli · Web
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 670
License: Apache-2.0
Built for: Multimodal AI developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Creating unified embeddings from both text and images for retrieval and similarity tasks.

Registered as

GitHub: TIGER-AI-Lab/VLM2Vec
Hugging Face: TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-Full

Developer

TIGER Lab

Team

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 670
Forks: 64
Open issues: 29
Last commit: 24 Jul 2026
Commits 90d: 14
Contributors: 10
Authorship: Team
Default branch: main
Latest release: v2.0.1 · 30 Jun 2025

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70.4
Indexed: 5 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 5 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: tiger-lab-vlm2vec-full-huggingface-co
Lifecycle state recorded: 5 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 5 Aug 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/TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-Full

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