Models for i

A collection of open-weight language models converted to big-endian format so they run natively on IBM i (IBM Power) systems.

Why this exists

Most pretrained model weights are published in little-endian formats. IBM Power hardware running IBM i operates in big-endian mode, so weights have to be byte-swapped before they will load correctly. The models published here have already been converted and validated, removing that step from the deployment path.

What you'll find

• Big-endian variants of popular open-weight models
• Same architectures, tokenizers, and quantization options as the upstream sources
• Ready to load with common IBM i AI runtimes — no runtime conversion required

Getting started

Tooling, conversion scripts, and IBM i runtime guidance live in the companion repository:

➡️ github.com/ajshedivy/models-for-i