# Gemma

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Google Gemma, Gema, Gemma model

[Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google)'s family of [open-weights](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-vs-open-weights) [AI models](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/model), small enough that some run on a laptop or phone. They are built from the same research as [Gemini](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gemini).

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) runs a Gemma model on a laptop to sort support emails without sending them to an outside service.

Official site: <https://deepmind.google/models/gemma/>

## Connects to (7)

- [Open source vs open weights](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-vs-open-weights): Two labels for AI models that people often mix up.
- [Local model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/local-model): A model that is downloaded and run on a person's own computer or a company's own servers, not on a provider's.
- [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google): The company behind Google Search, Gemini and Google Cloud.
- [Llama](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/llama): Meta's family of AI models whose weights are published for download.
- [FunctionGemma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/functiongemma): A small Gemma model from Google tuned to turn plain requests into function calls, so an app or device can act on what a person asks.
- [Google AI Edge Gallery](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-ai-edge-gallery): A free Google app for phones that downloads open AI models and runs them on the device, with no internet connection needed after download.
- [LM Studio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lm-studio): A free desktop app for downloading open AI models and running them on a person's own computer, with a chat window and a local API.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gemma