arXiv (independent non-profit, formerly hosted by Cornell University) · Research dissemination
Free, moderated open-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, quantitative finance, economics and related fields, with an open API and bulk access
Sebastián Ramírez (tiangolo) and FastAPI contributors · API development & tooling
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Python web framework for building HTTP APIs from type-annotated functions, with automatic validation through Pydantic and generated OpenAPI documentation
ggml-org (Georgi Gerganov and contributors) · Local LLM inference & serving
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C/C++ inference engine for LLMs and vision-language models with GGUF quantized weights, Metal, CUDA, Vulkan and other backends, a CLI and an OpenAI-compatible server
Model Context Protocol, a Series of LF Projects, LLC (originated by Anthropic) · Agent frameworks & orchestration
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Open JSON-RPC standard for connecting AI applications to tools, data and prompts through servers, now stewarded under the Linux Foundation with SDKs in many languages
Open sourceOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
Open-source runtime and model manager for running open-weight LLMs locally on macOS, Windows and Linux, with a REST API, OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints and optional cloud models
Non-profit registry of persistent researcher identifiers (ORCID iDs) with user-controlled records, Public and Member APIs, OAuth sign-in and an annual CC0 public data file
Center for Open Science · Reproducibility & research software
Free, open-source research management platform from the Center for Open Science for projects, preregistrations, registries, preprint services and linking outputs across storage providers
Pydantic Services Inc. · Data quality & validation
Python data-validation library using type hints to parse, validate and serialize models, with a Rust core; the schema layer behind FastAPI and many LLM SDKs
vLLM project (originated at UC Berkeley Sky Computing Lab) · Local LLM inference & serving
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High-throughput LLM inference and serving engine with PagedAttention, continuous batching, quantization and an OpenAI-compatible server for GPU and accelerator clusters
Free general-purpose research repository operated by CERN that assigns DOIs to datasets, software, papers and other outputs, with a REST API, OAI-PMH, GitHub release archiving and CC0 metadata
Open sourceFreeNov 2, 2026
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