Practical overview
When it fits
Use the catalog during literature review, early model selection or architecture research when you need a structured starting point and links to original sources.
Who it is for
- Researchers comparing vision-language model families and design approaches.
- AI practitioners looking for primary papers and architecture references before selecting a model.
- Readers tracing multimodal architecture releases or exploring areas such as OCR, video, GUI agents and embodied AI.
Documented uses
- Compare architectures and modality-fusion approaches across model families.
- Find primary papers, diagrams, training information and datasets associated with a model.
- Trace model releases through the catalog’s timeline.
- Discover architectures organized around application areas such as OCR, video and GUI agents.
Requirements & limits
- The resource is a Markdown repository and curated index, not a model execution or hosting service.
- Entries summarize primary research; consult and cite the original paper for claims about an individual model.
- Architecture figures are credited individually and subject to a separate figure notice.
- The repository identifies its license as CC0-1.0.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Compare vision-language model architectures using the catalog
Explore model families and retrieve architecture summaries and primary research references.
Before you start
- Access to the public GitHub repository.
Steps
Open the Models section of the repository README.
Browse the chronological model index or entries grouped by architecture area to find models of interest.
Expand a model panel to read its architecture summary, including details such as modality alignment or fusion, training stages, and datasets.
Follow the entry’s primary-source link to consult the original paper; cite that paper for claims about an individual model.
Expected outcome
A set of model architecture summaries and linked papers for comparison or research.
Guide limitations
- The catalog is a guide to the literature, not a substitute for original papers.
- Architecture figures are included when available and may be subject to rights described in the figure notice.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 11 October 2026
- Original website title
- gokayfem/awesome-vlm-architectures · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

