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Best Open Source Coding Models for Agents

Open models pair well with open-source agents when you need cost control, portability, or local deployment options.

#ModelSWE-benchContextCostOpen
1DeepSeek V4 Pro80.61M$$0.44/$0.87/$Yes
2Kimi K2.680.2256K$$0.6/$2.5/$Yes
3DeepSeek V4 Flash791M$$0.14/$0.28/$Yes
4DeepSeek V3.270128K$$0.25/$0.38/$Yes
5Mistral Large 368128K$$2/$6/$Yes
6Qwen 3.665128K$$0.3/$0.6/$Yes
7Llama 4 Maverick621M$$0.8/$2.2/$Yes
How to read this: Agent pages score the wrapper and workflow. Stack pages score agent plus model combinations.

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