DeepSeek-Coder

Open-weight code LLM trained on 2 trillion tokens of code and natural language.

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DeepSeek-Coder is a family of open code language models trained from scratch on two trillion tokens composed of 87 percent code and 13 percent natural language in English and Chinese. The models come in sizes from 1.3B to 33B parameters, were trained on a project-level corpus with dependency-aware file ordering, and use a fill-in-the-middle objective plus a 16K context window to support repository-scale completion and code infilling across more than 80 programming languages. Instruction-tuned variants handle chat-style coding assistance, and the repository reports that the 33B instruct model outperforms GPT-3.5-turbo on HumanEval, with evaluations also covering MBPP, DS-1000, and APPS. The code is MIT licensed and the model weights ship under a separate DeepSeek model license that permits commercial use. Developers and organizations wanting self-hosted code completion or a base for fine-tuned coding assistants are the typical adopters.

Should you use DeepSeek-Coder?

Pick it when

Pick this for self-hosted code completion or a fine-tuning base when you need fill-in-the-middle across 80+ languages, using the 1.3B for latency-sensitive completion and the 33B instruct for chat-style help.

Look elsewhere when

Skip it if you need agentic multi-file edits or an OSI license on the weights: they use a separate DeepSeek license and context is 16K. Devstral targets agent scaffolds, and Granite Code is Apache-2.0.

Alternatives to DeepSeek-Coder

  • Granite Code

    Apache-2.0 with data provenance controls like PII redaction and malware scanning, but a shorter 2K to 8K context than the 16K here.

  • Devstral

    Apache-2.0 24B tuned for OpenHands-style agents that explore and edit repos rather than editor completion, and it needs a 24 GB GPU.

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Details

Price
Free
Platform
Local/Desktop
Difficulty
Intermediate (3/5)
License
DeepSeek License
Minimum VRAM
8 GB
Added
Apr 3, 2026

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