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JetBrains releases Mellum2.1, a 12B MoE open model for coding agents

JetBrains has released Mellum2.1, an open 12B Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model specifically designed for coding agents, as reported by MarkTechPost. A user on r/LocalLLaMA subsequently tested a variant, Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B, finding it surprisingly usable for coding agent tasks, though not ideal for one-shot projects. The release and its specifications are primarily reported by JetBrains via MarkTechPost, with community testing confirming its availability and initial performance.

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  • JetBrains released Mellum2.1
  • Mellum2.1 is an open model
  • It is designed for coding agents
  • It is a 12B parameter model

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