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Any exotic ones that are interesting

Exotic Coding Models on the Horizon: If you're interested in some less conventional yet intriguing coding models, there are a few that stand out for their unique features and applications. While they may not be mainstream, their novelty could be appealing for experimental projects or niche applications.

Noteworthy Exotic Models

Model Name Downloads Likes Last Updated License Gated Link
codenlbert-tiny 8,685 3 2023-08-07 MIT No GitHub
CodeNinja-1.0-OpenChat-7B 8,141 104 2023-12-22 MIT No GitHub
Aratako - Sniffy Otter - 7B 1,566 3 2024-09-19 Unknown No GitHub
OpenElla-NovelWriter-8B-V2 889 3 2026-05-02 Apache 2.0 No GitHub
Seikaijyu_RWKV7-2.9B 2,353 3 2025-04-04 Unknown No GitHub

Summary of Highlights

Conclusion

These models might evoke curiosity due to their unique features and specialized tasks. If you're looking to explore coding in novel and creative ways, these offerings could provide a refreshing change from conventional models!

🤗 huggingface.co/vishnun/codenlbert-tiny🤗 huggingface.co/beowolx/CodeNinja-1.0-OpenChat-7B🤗 huggingface.co/vishnun/codenlbert-sm🤗 huggingface.co/protectai/vishnun-codenlbert-sm-onnx🤗 huggingface.co/TheBloke/CodeNinja-1.0-OpenChat-7B-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/kenhktsui/code-natural-language-fasttext-classifier🤗 huggingface.co/prompt-security/codenlbert-sm_onnx🤗 huggingface.co/mradermacher/CodeNinja-1.0-OpenChat-7B-i1-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/modrill/code_no_think_X_qwen3_4b_base_sft🤗 huggingface.co/beowolx/CodeNinja-1.0-OpenChat-7B-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen2.5-QwQ-37B-Eureka-Triple-Cubed-abliterated-uncensored-h-novel-i1-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/mzwing/Seikaijyu_RWKV7-2.9B-v3-UnlimitedRP-mini-novel-chat-preview-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/RichardErkhov/Aratako_-_SniffyOtter-7B-Novel-Writing-NSFW-gguf🤗 huggingface.co/mradermacher/OpenElla-NovelWriter-8B-V2-merged-i1-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/Local-Novel-LLM-project/Ninja-v1-NSFW-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/novelcore/cosmos🤗 huggingface.co/Aratako/SniffyOtter-7B-Novel-Writing-NSFW-GGUF🤗 huggingface.co/cgxjdzz/Qwen-2.5-7B-Instruct-novel-lora🤗 huggingface.co/XueNian/XueNian-Qwen3-14B-furry-novel-gguf🤗 huggingface.co/kuziratomizuna/novel-gemma4-gguf-9000
Answered live from GitHub & Hugging Face · openai/gpt-4o-mini · 6/26/2026

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