Item detail

zai-org/GLM-5

GLM-5 is Z.ai's Apache-2.0 open model line for agentic engineering, with GLM-5.2 claiming 1M-token context, stronger long-horizon coding performance, and leading open-model results on Terminal-Bench 2.1 and SWE-bench Pro.

Score8.6
Popularity77.0
Riskconditional
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty8.0
Momentum8.0
Maturity8.3
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.0
Setup ease4.2

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Why it matters

Useful for builders benchmarking open coding models against frontier closed tools, especially when long-context and agent-focused terminal performance matter.

Who should use it

model buildersagent researchersteams benchmarking coding modelsdevelopers exploring open alternatives to closed coding assistants

Who should skip it

Skip if the source link, docs, or setup requirements do not match your workflow.

Risk explanation

The strongest GLM-5.x variants target heavy long-context coding workloads, so expect meaningful compute or hosted-serving requirements before treating it as a practical default model..

Evidence links

Closest alternatives / related signals

open-modelscoding-modelsagentic-engineeringlong-contextbenchmarks