Developer TheDrummer Releases Orion-26B-A4B v1.1 Model
11/09/2026 — 11/10, 00:16·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Open-source community developer TheDrummer has released the Orion-26B-A4B v1 and v1.1 models. The v1.1 version enhances creative writing cap…
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On November 9, 2026 at 23:43, a post appeared in the Reddit r/LocalLLaMA community introducing the Orion-26B-A4B model series released by open-source developer TheDrummer, which comprises two versions, v1 and v1.1. The version page shared in the post is https://huggingface.co/TheDrummer/Orion-26B-A4B-v1.1. According to the author, v1.1 pushes creative writing further and makes full use of Gemma's reasoning capabilities. As for the v1 version, the author notes that v1 has not been announced, yet it is already well regarded by the community as a reliable RP workhorse. At the end of the post, the author adds that the team behind TheDrummer is proud to announce significant progress in building BeaverNet (net.beaverai.org), a hub where generous model providers can collectively offer free, convenient, accessible, anonymous, and diverse models. No further releases have been reported since this post.
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Community developer TheDrummer has released Orion-26B-A4B v1 and v1.1, with v1.1 pushing creative writing further and leveraging Gemma's reasoning capabilities.
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