modular
by modular
The Modular Platform is a set of tools for building and running AI models, made up of the MAX framework for serving models and the Mojo programming language. It is for developers who want to run AI models faster on GPUs or write high-performance code.
- Stars
- 30.1k
- Licence
- Unclear
- Runs on
- A gpu machine, with a GPU
- Setup
- Technical
- Language
- Mojo
- Age
- 1280 days
What you can do with it
- Run an AI model and generate text from the command line using MAX
- Serve a model through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint on your own hardware
- Write and run Mojo programs, including GPU compute kernels
Make money with it
A developer could offer paid services setting up and tuning self-hosted model serving for small businesses that want to avoid per-request API fees.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Host your own AI model behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint to cut per-request API costs
- Speed up inference or custom compute work on existing GPUs to lower hardware spend
Can you use it commercially?
No standard licence detected. Read the licence before using it commercially.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
You can follow the get started guides, or build and run from the repository using the included Bazel wrapper script (./bazelw).
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Licence is mixed: parts of MAX fall under a separate Modular MAX licence rather than Apache 2.0
- Text generation needs a compatible GPU
- Only some components are open source, with more being released over time
- Steep learning curve, as Mojo is a newer language with a smaller ecosystem
Who's talking about it
Checked 30 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
