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StarCoder2 15B

BigCode's collaborative code model. 15B parameters trained on 600+ programming languages; strong fit for IDE completion and self-hosted code search.

Modality
Code
License
BigCode OpenRAIL-M (Open weights)
Parameter size
15B
Context window
16,384 tokens
Released
February 28, 2024
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Runs locally
Yes

Strengths

  • 600+ programming languages
  • Permissive licensing for commercial use
  • Fits on a 24GB consumer GPU at quantization

Weaknesses

  • Older than the 2024 wave of code models — newer alternatives often outperform
  • 16k context is small for repo-level work

Try it

WhereTypeNotes
Hugging Face weights OpenRAIL-M
Ollama local ollama run starcoder2:15b

Change log

  • — Initial entry.