Distill-1616
Built by catdever, Distill-1616 is an chat model. Distill-1616 is an open-weights chat model.
by catdever
Best for
- low-latency chat and routing
- request routing and triage
- text classification
Ways to use Distill-1616 in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your catdever API key. osFoundry discovers Distill-1616 automatically — assign it to a Maestro role (router, direct, orchestrator, or fallback) in the Pipeline tab and it is live in every chat. Your key, your provider account — no token markup.
Deploy a dedicated endpoint
Distill-1616 is open-weights — run it locally for free, or deploy a dedicated GPU endpoint in your workspace for reserved capacity with no rate limits.
Use it in a Room App
Room Apps declare AI features in their manifest, then call them with invokeAI:
import { invokeAI } from '@osfoundry/app-sdk'
// 'summarize' is an AI feature declared in your app manifest.
const result = await invokeAI('summarize', userText)
Call it from your own apps
Once a model is wired into your workspace you can host it as an API and reach it from your own services, scripts, or CI — outside osFoundry.
Distill-1616 vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about Distill-1616
Is Distill-1616 free to use?
Distill-1616 is free to run locally on your own hardware. Hosted access through osFoundry is metered (input Free (local), output Free (local)). You can switch between local and hosted at any time.
Can I use Distill-1616 commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use. Check upstream documentation.
Can I run Distill-1616 locally?
Yes. Distill-1616 is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is Distill-1616 best at?
Distill-1616 is well-suited to low-latency chat and routing, request routing and triage, text classification.
How do I use Distill-1616 in osFoundry?
Paste your catdever API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign Distill-1616 to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by catdever on April 19, 2026. Source: https://huggingface.co/catdever/Distill-1616