DeepSeek Coder (6.7B Instruct)
Other · ~6.7B parameters · 4B–12B (mid-size) · Last reviewed 2026-03-20
Why we use it
Strong code-specialized instruct checkpoint for VPC copilots when teams want an alternative to CodeLlama-class stacks.
License summary
DeepSeek open model license - permissive for many use cases but includes attribution and usage clauses; review with counsel.
Typical deployment profiles
- VPC, single GPU class
- VPC, multi-GPU
Focus tags
- Code
- Reasoning
Typical use cases
- IDE plugins
- Repo Q&A
- SQL generation