Command A+
Hugging Face (open weights) Open weights
The catch: 218B parameters in BF16 needs a multi-GPU server.
| Access | Open weights |
|---|---|
| Free limits | Free to download and self-host; you pay only for your own compute. 218B total / 25B active (MoE) with image input; 128K input context and 64K output; 48 languages. A 4-bit copy is at CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4. |
| Modality | text, code, image |
| Credit card | Not required |
| Commercial use | Allowed |
| Trains on your data | – |
| Licence or terms | Apache-2.0 |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens |
| Model id | CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 |
| Base URL | – |
| Last checked | 8 Oct 2026 |
How to use Command A+
Download the weights and serve them yourself; the quickstart below shows one way. Licence: Apache-2.0.
Quickstart
vllm serve CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 # then: curl http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"model":"CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Paste into Claude Code
I want to run the open-weight model "Command A+" (CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16) for my project. Please: 1. Check the model card and tell me the hardware it needs and the simplest way to serve it (vLLM, SGLang, Ollama or a hosted endpoint). 2. Give me a minimal working setup and a test request. 3. Tell me the licence terms for commercial use. 4. If a cheaper or smaller variant would do the job, mention it.
Before you ship on it
- 218B parameters in BF16 needs a multi-GPU server.
- Apache-2.0 (licence tag and card on the HF repo): use, modify, distribute and sell, including commercially; keep the licence and notices when you redistribute.
- Free to run means you pay for the GPUs, the serving stack and the on-call.
Questions
Is Command A+ free?
Yes. Open weights offers it as open weights, with these limits: Self-host free · Apache-2.0. No credit card is needed.
Can I use Command A+ commercially?
Yes, under Apache-2.0. Check the current terms before you ship.
How do I start with Command A+?
Download the weights and serve them yourself; the quickstart below shows one way. Licence: Apache-2.0.
Source: huggingface.co/CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16, checked 8 Oct 2026.