AI RESEARCH
State of Open Source on Hugging Face: Spring 2026
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Open Source in Competition The Geography of Open Source Model Popularity Papers and Scientific Contributions Derivative Models Adoption and Accessibility Compute, Hardware, and Open Source Sub-Communities: Robotics Sub-Communities: AI for Science Looking Forward This post examines how the open source AI landscape has shifted across competition, geography, technical trends, and emerging communities over the past year. We primarily examine community activity on Hugging Face across many types of me.