Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities

Re:Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, prici... by jubilanti on Friday May 22, 2026 @05:33PM (#48241949)

> There's no single database with information about all the available AI models. We started Models.dev as a community-contributed project to address this.

There are literally dozens of existing projects that are doing what you are trying to do.

Insert XKCD standards reference here:

https://www.helicone.ai/llm-cost

https://pricepertoken.com/

https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/provider_registration/add_model...

https://artificialanalysis.ai/api-reference

https://github.com/simonw/llm-prices

https://github.com/assistant-ui/modelpedia

https://github.com/pydantic/genai-prices

https://github.com/Portkey-AI/models

https://github.com/truefoundry/models

https://github.com/agentstation/starmap

https://github.com/dcSpark/ai-model-catalog

https://github.com/mitkury/aimodels

https://github.com/nuxdie/ai-pricing

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, prici... by klustregrif on Friday May 22, 2026 @05:35PM (#48241969)

Good point. There isn't really a single database with information about all the availablle AI model databases. Someone should start a community-contributed project to address this!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, prici... by alexslobodnik on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:37PM (#48244017)

https://github.com/aslobodnik/ai-model-databases

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, prici... by mathgeek on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:21PM (#48243924)

The boilerplate really does get out of hand sometimes. “There isn’t X. We built X.” Really wish more folks would stick to the older “I couldn’t find X so I built it.”

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, prici... by victorbjorklund on Saturday May 23, 2026 @03:18AM (#48245487)

Or even better. ”We don’t think the existing X matches our goals so we will make a new X”

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, prici... by becomevocal on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:54PM (#48244121)

At this point you have to use more than one to get a complete picture, which I’m doing now. Mainly because: 1) some are not always up to date (started on helicone but felt a lag on price updates) 2) they don’t return every model / provider I want (https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models has rich data but is a subset, so I combine with helicone)

I always hope for the best when someone has a new list because of this. I want a de facto source!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, prici... by rvz on Saturday May 23, 2026 @06:33AM (#48246505)

Just like the claims of "there is no standard way to do X" yet another "standard " called "Y" needs to exist along side the 13+ other non-standards.

[ Parent | on HN ]