Open source alternatives to LFM 2.5

Gemma 4 is listed first. Choose Gemma 4 when you want one small model that also takes images and audio; Google's E2B has a 128K context and needs about 1.1 GB of memory on mobile.

Yes. The code of all 3 is public under Apache 2.0, so you can use them with no licence fee. Running one yourself costs the server and your time to look after it, and some makers also sell a hosted plan.

Start from the job you use LFM 2.5 for. Choose Qwen3.5 Small when you need an Apache 2.0 licence with no revenue cap or video input; the 4B model reads 262,144 tokens natively. Choose Mistral 3 when you want Apache 2.0 edge models from a maker that also hosts them; Ministral 3 comes in 3B, 8B and 14B, each with image input.

All 3: Gemma 4, Mistral 3 and Qwen3.5 Small. Each tool's page says what it needs to run.

Apache 2.0 (3). MIT, BSD and Apache let you change and reuse the code freely.

The hosting. LFM 2.5's maker runs the servers for you; with an open source tool the updates, backups, security fixes and support are yours, unless you take the maker's hosted plan. Features differ too, so check what each one imports and exports before you move your data.