Tool Hut
HuggingChat
Hugging Face's free chat over open-source models, with web search.
Add HuggingChat to your hut →HuggingChat is Hugging Face's free web interface that lets you run conversations against a rotating selection of the best open-source models — Llama, Mistral, Qwen, and others — without a subscription. Web search is built in, and you can switch models mid-conversation to compare outputs.
Free with a Hugging Face account. No paid plan required. Primarily used by developers and researchers who want to test open models before committing to an API or self-hosted setup. Often compared to the model providers' own chat interfaces (Mistral Le Chat, Meta AI) for open-weight access.
| Made by | Hugging Face |
|---|---|
| Pricing | Free |
| Best for | Testing open-source models, free AI chat, developer experimentation |
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