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Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct

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PulseGate's liveness check found it on 8 Oct 2026; it is registered on Hugging Face and has been in the index since 17 Aug 2026. How this is checked

Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct v0.5 is an open-weight Japanese-focused instruction-tuned language model based on Meta's Llama 3.1 architecture. Developers can run it locally or deploy it with tools such as Python and Docker for text generation and assistant applications.

Inferred · not functionally tested

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Overview

5 features

Purpose: Running a Japanese-capable instruction-following language model locally for text generation and assistant applications.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: AI developers and researchers

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: code_generation

Inferred · not functionally tested

Interfaces: API: unknown · 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

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Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct is a Text generation project. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on running a Japanese-capable instruction-following language model locally for text generation and assistant applications. Inferred · not functionally tested: It is built as an open-source project for AI developers and researchers. Basis unknown · not verified: Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct is open source under the Open Source license. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

Tokyo Institute of Technology builds and maintains Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct, and it first shipped in 2024. The GitHub repository has been archived. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 5 catalogued features are instruction following, japanese language support, and chat template.

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

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Instruction following
  • Japanese language support
  • Chat template
  • Text generation
  • Docker support

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
japanese-llmllama-3-1instruction-tunedopen-weightslocal-inference
AI capabilities
Text
Inference: LocalWeights: Open

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

Hosting
AWS
AI providers
local_ossmeta_llamaopenai
Runs on
BrowserCLISelf-hosted
Detected from
AWS
x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
openai
bgpt- in the HTML
local_oss
bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML · bvllm in the HTML
meta_llama
llama- in the HTML

Trust & compliance

License
Open Source
Public signals
HTTPSOpen SourceFree tier

Indexing history

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed17 Aug · 11:15 UTC
    tokyotech-llm/Llama-3.1-Swallow-8B-Instruct-v0.5 seen via Hugging Face Enumerator
    Source: Hugging Face Enumerator · Open

Frequently asked questions about Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct

What is Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct focuses on running a Japanese-capable instruction-following language model locally for text generation and assistant applications. It is catalogued under Text generation on PulseGate.
Who should use Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct is an open-source project built for AI developers and researchers.
Does Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct have a free plan?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct still active?
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 8 Oct 2026.
What projects are similar to Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct?
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Who makes Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct?
Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct is developed by Tokyo Institute of Technology, based in Japan.
How long has Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct been around?
Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct first shipped in 2024.

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