StarCoder2 15B Instruct

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API ID: bigcode/starcoder2-15b-instruct

Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About StarCoder2 15B Instruct

StarCoder is BigCode's open-source code generation model, trained on permissively licensed code for commercial use. The model excels at code completion, generation, and explanation across multiple programming languages. StarCoder features a 8K context window optimized for code and demonstrates strong performance on coding benchmarks. Its open weights and training data transparency make it ideal for organizations with licensing concerns. For developers seeking capable open-source coding AI with clear licensing, StarCoder provides reliable code generation capability.

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Model Specifications

Context Length
16k
Max Output
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Release Date
2024-06-09
Capabilities
chat code
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Code generation, debugging, code review, refactoring
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

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  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
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OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="bigcode/starcoder2-15b-instruct",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)