newt
Released by nicklashansen in 2025, newt is an chat model. newt is an open-weights chat model.
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Ways to use newt in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your nicklashansen API key. osFoundry discovers newt 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
newt 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.
newt vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about newt
Is newt free to use?
newt 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 newt 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 newt locally?
Yes. newt is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is newt best at?
newt is well-suited to reinforcement learning.
How do I use newt in osFoundry?
Paste your nicklashansen API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign newt to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by nicklashansen on November 24, 2025. Source: https://huggingface.co/nicklashansen/newt