ESM-2 / ESMFold
Protein language models and single-sequence structure prediction (Meta repo archived; models still widely used via Hugging Face).
| Category | Protein structure & design |
|---|---|
| GitHub | facebookresearch/esm |
| First public | 2022-07-21 (source) |
| Paper | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade2574 |
| License | MIT |
| Pricing | Open source |
| Tags | #plm#structure |
| Last checked | 2026-10-16 |
Specs
| Task | Protein language model, structure prediction |
|---|---|
| Modalities | Protein (single chain) |
| MSA required | No (single sequence) |
| Open weights | Yes |
| GPU need | — |
| GitHub stars | 4,170 |
| Interface | Package, Colab |
Specs come from each project's README, paper or official page · ESM-2 / ESMFold README · ESM-2 / ESMFold paper. “—” means we couldn't verify it.
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