StarCoder2 15B local setup guide.
Larger StarCoder2 model for local code completion and generation experiments. Architecture: StarCoder code transformer. Best for: larger code completion workloads; baseline comparison with modern chat code models. Avoid if: you need low memory use; you need assistant-tuned multi-turn coding. Cloud fallback: Use cloud or newer coding chat models for complex edits. Hardware requirements start at 16GB RAM and 10GB VRAM, with 24GB RAM and 12GB VRAM recommended. Quant recommendations include Q4_K_M on Ollama. Runtime notes: Ollama: Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux; GPU acceleration depends on local driver support.. Setup commands: Ollama: ollama pull starcoder2:15b. Check this model on my machine at /calculator?task=coding_assistant&runtime=ollama&os=macos&ramGb=16&gpuTier=mid&unifiedMemory=1&model=starcoder2%3A15b, Save model profile, or Generate free model report after login.