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StarCoder2 (BigCode)

BigCode / Hugging Face

Open-weight code LLM family for self-hosted completion.

From /monthFree

Billingself-host / usage

Context16K tokens

Best forSelf-hosters wanting a free open-weight code model

Free open weights; self-host or HF Inference

Top models

StarCoder2StarCoder2-Instruct

Limits

hardware or API limits

Free tier

open-weight models are free

Strengths

Open weights, self-hostable
Commercially usable
Free

Weaknesses

DIY integration
Lags frontier models

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