> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/AlexsJones/llmfit/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# search

> Search for specific models

## Synopsis

```bash theme={null}
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

<ParamField path="query" type="string" required>
  Search query to match against model name, provider, parameter count, or use case. Case-insensitive.
</ParamField>

## Usage Examples

### Search by Model Name

```bash theme={null}
# Find all Llama models
llmfit search llama

# Find Qwen models
llmfit search qwen

# Find DeepSeek models
llmfit search deepseek
```

### Search by Provider

```bash theme={null}
# Find all Meta models
llmfit search meta

# Find all Anthropic models
llmfit search anthropic

# Find all Google models
llmfit search google
```

### Search by Size

```bash theme={null}
# 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

```bash theme={null}
# Find coding models
llmfit search coding

# Find reasoning models
llmfit search reasoning

# Find multimodal models
llmfit search multimodal
```

### Search by Partial Name

```bash theme={null}
# 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

```bash theme={null}
$ 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

```bash theme={null}
$ llmfit search nonexistent
```

```
No models found matching 'nonexistent'
```

### Provider Search

```bash theme={null}
$ 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

```bash theme={null}
# Too broad (returns many results)
llmfit search model

# More specific
llmfit search llama-3.3
```

### Use Distinctive Terms

```bash theme={null}
# Find coding-specific models
llmfit search coder
llmfit search codestral

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

### Combine with Other Commands

```bash theme={null}
# 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](/api/commands/list) - List all models
* [info](/api/commands/info) - Get detailed model information
* [fit](/api/commands/fit) - Find compatible models
* [recommend](/api/commands/recommend) - Get top recommendations