Meta Open-Sources Llama 4 Scout and Maverick Under Apache 2.0 with 10 Million Token Context

Meta released Llama 4 Scout (17B active parameters, mixture-of-experts architecture) and Llama 4 Maverick (17B active, larger expert pool) under the Apache 2.0 license, with both supporting 10 million token context windows and strong multilingual performance across 12 languages. Weights are immediately available on Hugging Face and Meta's download portal, with Bedrock pricing starting at $0.18 per million input tokens. The release is generating enthusiasm on r/LocalLLaMA, where threads note it 'finally makes long-context local inference practical on consumer hardware,' though the simultaneous launch of the closed Muse Spark model is fueling debate about Meta's dual open/closed strategy.