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Llama 2 - Meta's Open Source LLM Overview

July 19, 2023Updated Feb 17, 2026

Llama 2 is an open-source large language model developed by Meta.

Key Features:

  • Improved performance over Llama 1
  • Available in 7B, 13B, and 70B parameter sizes
  • Trained on 2 trillion tokens
  • Supports both English and code

Using Llama 2:

  1. Download the model from Hugging Face
  2. Run it using a framework like Ollama or LLaMA.cpp

Example with Ollama:

ollama pull llama2
ollama run llama2

Llama 2 is ideal for researchers and developers who want to experiment with large language models without relying on proprietary models.