AI Models for the Browser
Explore AI models optimized for in-browser inference. Compare size, speed, accuracy, and browser compatibility for local-first ML.
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April 14, 2026
BERT NER & Reranking Models in the Browser
Specialized BERT models for named entity recognition (NER) and search result reranking in the browser.
May 8, 2026
BGE Embeddings Models in the Browser
BAAI's BGE embedding models - the most popular text embedding models for browser-based semantic search and RAG.
April 28, 2026
Chrome Built-in AI Models in the Browser
Chrome's Gemini Nano - zero-download AI for summarization, translation, and text generation, built directly into the browser.
April 29, 2026
CLIP & SigLIP Multimodal Models in the Browser
OpenAI's CLIP and Google's SigLIP - multimodal embedding models that connect text and images in a shared vector space.
April 1, 2026
DeepSeek-R1 Distill Models in the Browser
DeepSeek's reasoning-focused distilled models - 1.5B to 8B variants that bring chain-of-thought reasoning to the browser.
April 9, 2026
DINOv2 Image Features Models in the Browser
Meta's self-supervised image feature extraction models - powerful visual representations without task-specific training.
April 17, 2026
Florence 2 Vision Models in the Browser
Microsoft's Florence 2 - a unified vision model for image captioning, document QA, and visual understanding in the browser.
March 29, 2026
Gemma Models in the Browser
Google's Gemma models - compact, high-quality models available in LocalMode via WebLLM, wllama, and LiteRT, spanning 1.3GB to 5GB.
April 9, 2026
Granite Models in the Browser
IBM's Granite 4.0 - ultra-compact 350M and 1B ONNX models for fast browser inference via Transformers.js v4.
April 12, 2026
Hermes 3 Models in the Browser
NousResearch's Hermes 3 - fine-tuned Llama variants optimized for function calling, structured output, and agentic workflows.
April 13, 2026
Image Classification, Detection & Segmentation Models in the Browser
ViT for image classification, D-FINE for object detection, and SegFormer for semantic segmentation - all in the browser.
April 12, 2026
Kokoro Text-to-Speech Models in the Browser
Kokoro 82M - a compact, high-quality text-to-speech model with 29 English voices (American & British), phonemizer-backed synthesis, and speed control - entirely in the browser.
March 30, 2026
Llama Models in the Browser
Meta's Llama family from 1B to 8B parameters, the most widely adopted open-weight LLM series for browser inference.
May 19, 2026
Mistral & Ministral Models in the Browser
Mistral AI's 7B instruction model and the Ministral 3B reasoning/instruction variants for browser inference.
April 3, 2026
Moonshine Speech-to-Text Models in the Browser
Useful Sensors' Moonshine models - fast, accurate speech transcription designed specifically for edge and browser deployment.
May 12, 2026
OPUS-MT Translation Models in the Browser
Helsinki-NLP's OPUS-MT models - specialized machine translation models for English↔German, English↔French, and English↔Spanish.
April 19, 2026
Phi Models in the Browser
Microsoft's compact yet powerful Phi models - from 3.8B parameters with vision support, optimized for reasoning tasks.
May 7, 2026
Qwen Models in the Browser
Alibaba's Qwen family spans 0.5B to 9B parameters with general-purpose, coding, and vision-capable variants, available across all four browser LLM providers.
May 6, 2026
Sentence Transformers Models in the Browser
Multilingual and English sentence embedding models - MiniLM for multilingual, MPNet for highest English quality.
April 14, 2026
SmolLM2 Models in the Browser
HuggingFace's SmolLM2 family - ultra-compact models from 135M to 1.7B parameters, designed for instant loading and low-memory devices.
April 4, 2026
Specialized NLP Models Models in the Browser
DistilBART summarization, ModernBERT fill-mask, and DistilBERT QA - single-task NLP models optimized for browser inference.
May 1, 2026
Swin2SR Super Resolution Models in the Browser
Image upscaling models that enhance low-resolution images to 2x or 4x their original size - entirely in the browser.
March 31, 2026
Text Classification & Sentiment Models in the Browser
DistilBERT and RoBERTa models for sentiment analysis, text classification, and zero-shot categorization in the browser.
May 16, 2026
TrOCR Optical Character Recognition Models in the Browser
Microsoft's TrOCR - transformer-based OCR models for extracting printed and handwritten text from images in the browser. For document-level OCR with table and formula support, see also GLM-OCR and LightOnOCR-2.