It has much better performance than all of the code models of similar size, and almost reaches the same HumanEval as Starcoder being 10x smaller in size.
With the small size, it can work with most modern GPUs requiring just 3GB Ram.
You can try self-hosting it in Refact https://github.com/smallcloudai/refact/ and get a local fast copilot alternative with decent suggestions.
Weights and model card https://huggingface.co/smallcloudai/Refact-1_6B-fim.
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