# Laguna XS 2.1 (free)

> Laguna XS 2.1 (free) is an open-weight language model from Poolside, released on 2 Jul 2026. It accepts text and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.12 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 2 providers we track. It is scheduled for retirement on 31 Oct 2026.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/laguna-xs-2-1
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Poolside
- **Release date:** 2 Jul 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/poolside/Laguna-XS-2.1)
- **License:** openmdw-1.1 (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/poolside/Laguna-XS-2.1)
- **Parameters:** 33.4B (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/poolside/Laguna-XS-2.1)
- **Context window:** 262K (262,144 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Max output:** 33K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Structured output:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free.toml)
- **Retirement date:** 31 Oct 2026 (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1)
- **Hugging Face:** poolside/Laguna-XS-2.1 (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/poolside/Laguna-XS-2.1)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA NIM | Free | Free | – | 262K |
| OpenRouter | $0.06 | $0.12 | $0.03 | 262K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Laguna XS 2.1 (free)?

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Laguna XS 2.1 (free) API cost?

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) is listed from $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.12 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Laguna XS 2.1 (free) open source?

Laguna XS 2.1 (free) is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as poolside/Laguna-XS-2.1 under the openmdw-1.1 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was Laguna XS 2.1 (free) released?

Poolside released Laguna XS 2.1 (free) on 2 Jul 2026, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer Laguna XS 2.1 (free)?

We track Laguna XS 2.1 (free) on 2 providers: NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter.

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