Best Open Agent Tool-Use Models
A linked shortlist of open agent tool-use models ranked by license clarity, popularity, and neutral trust metadata. Canonical URL: https://huggingbay.xyz/answers/best-open-agent-tool-use-models.
Best Open Agent Tool-Use Models is a citation-ready Hugging Bay answer pack backed by live catalog rows. Representative rows: Salesforce/Llama-xLAM-2-8b-fc-r, dphn/Dolphin3.0-Llama3.1-8B-GGUF, AnkitAI/Parable-Granite-4.1-3B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF, EryriLabs/phonellm-alpha-1-GGUF, TokenRhythm/NeoHorse-1-4B-GGUF. Use each canonical citation URL plus metadata/card endpoints for current license, trust, hosting, and download state. Canonical URL: https://huggingbay.xyz/answers/best-open-agent-tool-use-models.
Question: What are the best open agent tool-use models?
A linked shortlist of open agent tool-use models ranked by license clarity, popularity, and neutral trust metadata.
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- Salesforce/Llama-xLAM-2-8b-fc-r: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: Salesforce/Llama-xLAM-2-8b-fc-r · transformers
- dphn/Dolphin3.0-Llama3.1-8B-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for llm: dphn/Dolphin3.0-Llama3.1-8B-GGUF · unknown
- AnkitAI/Parable-Granite-4.1-3B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: AnkitAI/Parable-Granite-4.1-3B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF · gguf
- EryriLabs/phonellm-alpha-1-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: EryriLabs/phonellm-alpha-1-GGUF · llama.cpp
- TokenRhythm/NeoHorse-1-4B-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: TokenRhythm/NeoHorse-1-4B-GGUF · llama.cpp
- TokenRhythm/NeoHorse-1-9B-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: TokenRhythm/NeoHorse-1-9B-GGUF · unknown
- AnkitAI/Parable-Qwen3-8B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: AnkitAI/Parable-Qwen3-8B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF · gguf
- AnkitAI/Parable-Granite-4.1-8B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: AnkitAI/Parable-Granite-4.1-8B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF · gguf
- AnkitAI/Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: AnkitAI/Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5-GGUF · llama.cpp
- Alittlehammmer/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-DFlash-GGUF-llama.cpp: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: Alittlehammmer/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-DFlash-GGUF-llama.cpp · gguf
- Alittlehammmer/Qwen3.6-27B-DFlash-GGUF-llama.cpp: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: Alittlehammmer/Qwen3.6-27B-DFlash-GGUF-llama.cpp · gguf
- lmstudio-community/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-MLX-4bit: Model from Hugging Face for text generation: lmstudio-community/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-MLX-4bit · transformers
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Updated 2026-09-22 from the live catalog.