LongCat-Flash-Lite
Released by meituan-longcat in 2026, LongCat-Flash-Lite is an chat model. LongCat-Flash-Lite is an open-weights chat model.
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Ways to use LongCat-Flash-Lite in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your meituan-longcat API key. osFoundry discovers LongCat-Flash-Lite 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
LongCat-Flash-Lite 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.
LongCat-Flash-Lite vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about LongCat-Flash-Lite
Is LongCat-Flash-Lite free to use?
LongCat-Flash-Lite 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 LongCat-Flash-Lite 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 LongCat-Flash-Lite locally?
Yes. LongCat-Flash-Lite is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is LongCat-Flash-Lite best at?
LongCat-Flash-Lite is well-suited to text generation.
How do I use LongCat-Flash-Lite in osFoundry?
Paste your meituan-longcat API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign LongCat-Flash-Lite to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by meituan-longcat on January 27, 2026. Source: https://huggingface.co/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Lite