# Mistral Nemo

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Mistral Nemo and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a small free model that punches above its weight class. Critics say it still trails ChatGPT and sometimes produces gibberish.

## Why people recommend it

- Loved classic that people still use (2 comments): "classic masterpiece Mistral Nemo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49607711)) "I still have a pet Mistral NeMo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46989244))

## What people warn about

- Behind ChatGPT in capability (1 comments): "it seemed to punch above its weight class. But it's still far enough behind ChatGPT et al." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47192374))
- Sometimes produces gibberish output (1 comments): "Some of them are good. Others randomly break into gibberish and Chinese poetry(?)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923327))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Opus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-opus.md): 3331 recommend
- [OpenAI GPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-5-5.md): 1205 recommend
- [Claude Sonnet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-sonnet.md): 854 recommend
- [DeepSeek V4 Flash](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-v4-flash.md): 828 recommend
- [Fable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fable.md): 823 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mistral Nemo", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mistral-nemo/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).