LLM Reference

StarChat Models by Hugging Face H4

Hugging Face H4BigCode OpenRAIL-MOpen weights
2 models2023Up to 8k ctx

Last refreshed 2026-05-19. Next refresh: weekly.

Details

ResearcherHugging Face H4
Commercial useCommercial use: conditional
Models2
Released2023
Max context8k

About

StarChat is a family of 2 AI models by Hugging Face H4, released in 2023.

Decision facts

Best fit
coding
Capability starting point
StarChat Alpha with 8k context
Lowest tracked input
Not tracked
Closest related family
Zephyr

Current Variants

Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.

2 in view

Use when the workload needs 8k context and 16B parameters.

2023-058k context16B parameters

Use when the workload needs 8k context and 16B parameters.

2023-058k context16B parameters

Release Timeline

1 release group
2023-05
2 current
StarChat Alpha
8k context16B parameters
Current
StarChat Beta
8k context16B parameters
Current

Specifications(2 models)

StarChat model specifications comparison
ModelReleasedContextParameters
StarChat Alpha2023-058k16B
StarChat Beta2023-058k16B