When was Code Llama released?

Code Llama was released by Meta on Thursday, Aug 24 2023.

Code Llama was built by Meta. Develops the open-weight Llama series of models. Committed to open-source AI research.

Is Code Llama open source?

Partly. Code Llama is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.

What came before and after Code Llama?

Meta's previous tracked release was LLaMA 2 on Jul 18 2023, 37 days earlier. It was followed by Code Llama 70B on Jan 29 2024.

Code LlamaOpen Weight

Released Aug 24 2023

Code Llama is an AI model released by Meta on Thursday, Aug 24 2023, 37 days after LLaMA 2. It is an open-weight model — the trained weights are available to download and run.

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Frequently asked questions

: Code Llama was released by Meta on Thursday, Aug 24 2023.
: Code Llama was built by Meta. Develops the open-weight Llama series of models. Committed to open-source AI research.
: Partly. Code Llama is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.
: Meta's previous tracked release was LLaMA 2 on Jul 18 2023, 37 days earlier. It was followed by Code Llama 70B on Jan 29 2024.