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ModelLLMsv2.0

StarCoder2-3B

by BigCode (Hugging Face) · free · Last verified 2026-03-17

StarCoder2-3B is the smallest model in the StarCoder2 family from BigCode, designed for efficient code generation on consumer hardware with minimal resource requirements. Despite its compact size, it delivers competitive performance on code completion benchmarks relative to much larger open code models.

https://huggingface.co/bigcode/starcoder2-3b
C+
C+Average
Adoption: BQuality: B+Freshness: ACitations: C+Engagement: F

Specifications

License
BigCode OpenRAIL-M
Pricing
free
Capabilities
code-generation, code-completion, fill-in-the-middle
Integrations
Hugging Face, Ollama, LM Studio, VS Code
Use Cases
code-completion, local-code-assistant, lightweight-code-generation, on-device-inference
API Available
Yes
Parameters
3B
Context Window
16K
Modalities
text
Training Cutoff
2024
Tags
bigcode, open-source, code, small-model, efficient
Added
2026-03-17
Completeness
100%

Index Score

53.3
Adoption
60
Quality
74
Freshness
82
Citations
58
Engagement
0

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