License
Gemma Terms of Use
Source-available. Commercial use permitted subject to Google's prohibited-use policy. Redistributions must include the terms.
FAQ
Can I use Gemma commercially?
Yes, commercial use is permitted subject to Google's Prohibited Use Policy. There is no monthly-active-user cap.
Do I need to attribute?
Yes — redistributions of the model must include the Gemma terms.
Is it OSI-approved open source?
No. The Prohibited Use Policy creates field-of-use restrictions, so Gemma is source-available.
3 models under this license
Flagship Gemma 2 release. Uses logit-distillation from a larger teacher model, which is how Google delivers near-70B quality from a 27B student. A solid choice when the Llama community licence doesn't fit and you need quality at the 27B–40B size range.
- Context
- 8K
- License
- gemma
- VRAM Q4
- 16.2 GB
Mid-tier Gemma. Strong general-purpose chat model at small scale. The Gemma Terms of Use permit commercial use subject to Google's prohibited-use policy.
- Context
- 8K
- License
- gemma
- VRAM Q4
- 5.4 GB
Compact Gemma variant designed for on-device inference. Trained with knowledge distillation from larger Gemma 2 teachers. Runs comfortably on a phone at Q4.
- Context
- 8K
- License
- gemma
- VRAM Q4
- 1.6 GB