StarCoder

Description: StarCoder, developed by BigCode (a collaboration between Hugging Face and ServiceNow), is an open-source LLM tailored for code generation and programming tasks. Released in 2023, it supports over 80 programming languages and excels in code completion, bug fixing and documentation generation. Built on a 15.5B-parameter transformer architecture, StarCoder was trained on a massive dataset of permissively licensed code from GitHub. Its permissive licensing and integration with tools like VS Code make it a go to for developers seeking AI driven coding assistance.

Key Features:

• Trained on 80+ programming languages.

• Supports code completion and debugging.

• Open source (BigCode project).

Use Cases: Developer tools, AI pair programming.