search

Search for specific models

Synopsis

llmfit search <QUERY>

Description

Searches the model database for models matching a query string. The search looks across model names, providers, parameter sizes, and use cases.

Unlike the fit command, search shows all matching models regardless of system compatibility.

Arguments

query · string · required

Search query to match against model name, provider, parameter count, or use case. Case-insensitive.

Usage Examples

Search by Model Name

# Find all Llama models
llmfit search llama

# Find Qwen models
llmfit search qwen

# Find DeepSeek models
llmfit search deepseek

Search by Provider

# Find all Meta models
llmfit search meta

# Find all Anthropic models
llmfit search anthropic

# Find all Google models
llmfit search google

Search by Size

# Find 7B models
llmfit search 7b

# Find 70B models
llmfit search 70b

# Find models with specific parameter counts
llmfit search 405b

Search by Use Case

# Find coding models
llmfit search coding

# Find reasoning models
llmfit search reasoning

# Find multimodal models
llmfit search multimodal

Search by Partial Name

# Find all models with "mistral" in the name
llmfit search mistral

# Find all "instruct" variants
llmfit search instruct

# Find "coder" models
llmfit search coder

Example Output

Successful Search

$ llmfit search llama

=== Search Results for 'llama' ===
Found 8 model(s)

╭─────────┬──────────────────────┬───────────┬──────┬────────┬──────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────────╮
│ Status  │ Model                │ Provider  │ Size │ Score  │ tok/s est.   │ Quant    │ Runtime    │ Mode    │ Mem %  │ Context │
├─────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼──────┼────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────────┤
│ --      │ llama-3.3-70b        │ Meta      │ 70B  │ -      │ -            │ 4bit     │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ llama-3.1-405b       │ Meta      │ 405B │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ llama-3.1-70b        │ Meta      │ 70B  │ -      │ -            │ 4bit     │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ llama-3.1-8b         │ Meta      │ 8B   │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ llama-3.2-3b         │ Meta      │ 3B   │ -      │ -            │ 4bit     │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ llama-3.2-1b         │ Meta      │ 1B   │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ llama-3.2-11b-vision │ Meta      │ 11B  │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ llama-3.2-90b-vision │ Meta      │ 90B  │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
╰─────────┴──────────────────────┴───────────┴──────┴────────┴──────────────┴──────────┴────────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────────╯

No Results

$ llmfit search nonexistent

No models found matching 'nonexistent'

Provider Search

$ llmfit search alibaba

=== Search Results for 'alibaba' ===
Found 6 model(s)

╭─────────┬─────────────────────────┬───────────┬──────┬────────┬──────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────────╮
│ Status  │ Model                   │ Provider  │ Size │ Score  │ tok/s est.   │ Quant    │ Runtime    │ Mode    │ Mem %  │ Context │
├─────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────┼──────┼────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────────┤
│ --      │ qwen-2.5-72b            │ Alibaba   │ 72B  │ -      │ -            │ 4bit     │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 32k     │
│ --      │ qwen-2.5-32b            │ Alibaba   │ 32B  │ -      │ -            │ 4bit     │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 32k     │
│ --      │ qwen-2.5-14b            │ Alibaba   │ 14B  │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 32k     │
│ --      │ qwen-2.5-7b             │ Alibaba   │ 7B   │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 32k     │
│ --      │ qwen-2.5-coder-32b      │ Alibaba   │ 32B  │ -      │ -            │ 4bit     │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 128k    │
│ --      │ qwq-32b-preview         │ Alibaba   │ 32B  │ -      │ -            │ Q4_K_M   │ -          │ -       │ -      │ 32k     │
╰─────────┴─────────────────────────┴───────────┴──────┴────────┴──────────────┴──────────┴────────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────────╯

Search Behavior

The search is:

• Case-insensitive: “LLAMA” matches “llama-3.3-70b”
• Partial match: “qwen” matches “qwen-2.5-72b” and “qwq-32b-preview”
• Multi-field: Searches name, provider, size, and use case
• Unfiltered: Shows all matches regardless of system compatibility

Search Tips

Be Specific

# Too broad (returns many results)
llmfit search model

# More specific
llmfit search llama-3.3

Use Distinctive Terms

# Find coding-specific models
llmfit search coder
llmfit search codestral

# Find vision/multimodal models
llmfit search vision
llmfit search multimodal

Combine with Other Commands

# Search, then get details
llmfit search deepseek
llmfit info deepseek-v3

# Search, then check fit
llmfit search qwen
llmfit fit --perfect | grep qwen

Comparison with Other Commands

Command	Filtering	Output
search	By query string	All matching models
fit	By system compatibility	Compatible models only
list	None	All models
info	By exact/partial name	Detailed single model

Related Commands

• list - List all models
• info - Get detailed model information
• fit - Find compatible models
• recommend - Get top recommendations