Automatically remove censorship from language models to retain their original capabilities without complex training.
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pip install -U heretic-llm heretic Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
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heretic has 29.1k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 3.2k times. heretic is written mainly in Python. It has been in active development since 2025. heretic is available under the AGPL-3.0 license. Its main topics are abliteration, llm, transformer.
What is heretic?
Fully automatic censorship removal for language models
Is heretic open source?
heretic is an open-source project. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 license.
Is heretic free?
Yes. heretic is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it. Its AGPL-3.0 license is a strong copyleft: if you distribute a modified version — including offering it as a network service — your changes must be released under the same license.
What license does heretic use?
heretic is available under the AGPL-3.0 license.
What language is heretic written in?
heretic is written mainly in Python.
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