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Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small (free)

Quality Score
93/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
Free
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-11-12
Output Price
Free
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-11-12
Context Window
1,048,576
tokens

Inkling 2 Small is a multimodal mixture-of-experts reasoning model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 17B active parameters out of 594B total. It is the first model in the second Inkling...

Model ID
thinkingmachines/inkling-2-small:free
Vendor
thinkingmachines
Released
November 2026
Tokenizer
Other
Input Modalities
text, image
Output Modalities
text
Max Output
131,072 tokens
Tool Calling
✓ supported
Structured Output
not supported
Reasoning Mode
✓ supported
Vision
✓ accepts images
Audio
no
Moderated
no

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Quick answers

Is Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small (free) free to use?
Yes. It is currently listed at no cost per token via OpenRouter, subject to provider rate limits.
What is Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small (free)'s context window?
1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
Does Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small (free) support tool calling?
It supports tool calling, a reasoning mode.
Can Thinking Machines: Inkling 2 Small (free) process images?
Yes, it accepts image input.

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