We are not claiming capability yet. We are organizing capability.
Limes Labs is an early European open AI capability project focused on open source software, open weight models, transparent evaluation, safety, and digital sovereignty.
- Website: limeslabs.eu
- Join: limeslabs.eu/join
- Open questions: limeslabs.eu/open-questions
- Contact: hello@limeslabs.eu
New contributors should be able to find a useful first task in under five minutes.
- Read CONTRIBUTING.md to choose the right repository and contribution path.
- Check ROADMAP.md for the current 30-day operating layer and the boundaries of what we are not doing yet.
- Open a focused issue using one of the templates, or pick an issue labeled
good first issue,help wanted, orneeds source.
Useful roles include researchers, evaluation engineers, infrastructure engineers, ML engineers, technical writers, legal and policy contributors, institutional operators, and funders who can help turn questions into verifiable work.
| Repository | Status | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| european-ai-infrastructure-map | Active | MAP.md: EuroHPC, AI Factories, IT4LIA, labs, programs, and funding paths |
| compute-access-notes | Active | NOTES.md: public access research log for European compute |
| eurobench | Active | SCOPE.md + Italian task set |
| limes-nanogpt | Active | Minimal GPT trainer (nanoGPT lineage) for small EU experiments |
| limes-constitution | Active | CONSTITUTION.md: charter for European open assistants |
| open-weight-tracker | Active | TRACKER.md |
| model-card-template | Active | TEMPLATE.md |
| If you want to help with... | Start in... |
|---|---|
| European compute access, AI Factories, EuroHPC, IT4LIA, institutions | compute-access-notes or european-ai-infrastructure-map |
| Benchmarks, task design, evaluation methodology, language coverage | eurobench |
| Open weight model tracking, licenses, reproducible public results | open-weight-tracker |
| Model transparency, model cards, deployment notes, limitations | model-card-template |
| Small reproducible training experiments and code | limes-nanogpt |
| Values, rights, safety, public-interest behavior | limes-constitution |
| Org-wide process, onboarding, and issue templates | .github |
- Map European AI infrastructure and compute access paths.
- Convert open questions into issues with sources, owners, and review criteria.
- Build the contributor network through public issues, pull requests, and limeslabs.eu/join.
- Ship small, reproducible experiments before making larger capability claims.
- Publish what we contact, learn, succeed at, fail at, and still lack.
Join at limeslabs.eu/join.