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Ember 1
by Fireworks
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RANKED #42 OF 317 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #58 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 6.4 · 5,289 VOICES ·
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Ember-1 is a specialized reasoning model from Fireworks Research, built on [Kimi K3](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3). It is designed to make every token go further: it produces shorter reasoning traces, using roughly 40%...
HAPPY8.6
94 mentions
SAD6.4
102 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 5,293 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Fireworks hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Ember 1 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7
Kimi K3MoonshotThe open foundation Ember 1 was built from, offering identical capabilities.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE5.4k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.5
Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaRun strong multimodal reasoning and coding locally on consumer hardware.🪶 RUNS ON LESS💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT21.4k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.8
GLM 5.3 FlashZhipuMassively cheaper open multimodal model with fast coding and reasoning.💸 COST EFFICIENT💻 STRONG AT CODE⚡ FAST13.2k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Ember 1 right now. Biggest praise: help with code. Biggest gripe: working when you need it.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (2 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (7 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
- Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
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- BLUESKY · 2026-09-19 · 977 UPVOTES[ ember ] It needs but a spark. #wolgraha #ffxivart #FF14イラスト (SHB-era)
[ ember ] It needs but a spark. #wolgraha #ffxivart #FF14イラスト (SHB-era)
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-09-27 · 584 UPVOTESEmber-1
Ember-1
- BLUESKY · 2026-09-23 · 174 UPVOTESHyper Team Recon released 1 year ago today! Coincidentally, it's also exactly 10 years since I first created Ember and
Hyper Team Recon released 1 year ago today! Coincidentally, it's also exactly 10 years since I first created Ember and
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As Finland's Nokia is closing its research hub in China, it is back to the time when the Nokia CEO asked Europe: "Why do you use Huawei, while China has thrown us out?"
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Flock Wants The Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
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