Qiskit Code Assistant: New Open-Source LLM Models Released
Enhanced capabilities with Qiskit 2.0 compatibility and expanded model selection
Qiskit Code Assistant Open-Source LLM Release
🚀 We’re thrilled to announce the latest open-source LLM releases from the Qiskit Code Assistant team! 🚀
These new models bring enhanced capabilities and broader compatibility to quantum computing development.
What’s New:
✨ Qiskit 2.0 Compatibility - Our newer models are fully compatible with Qiskit 2.0 code, ensuring seamless development with the latest quantum computing framework
🧠Enhanced Text Understanding - Significant improvements in general text comprehension and code generation capabilities
🔬 Expanding Our Horizons - We continue to leverage the newest stable versions of IBM Granite 3.2 and 3.3 models, while for the first time exploring beyond IBM Granite with the powerful Qwen2.5-Coder series
Available Models: • Granite 3.3 8B Qiskit (+ GGUF) • Granite 3.2 8B Qiskit (+ GGUF) • Qwen2.5-Coder 14B Qiskit (+ GGUF)
All models are available on Hugging Face and ready for local deployment!
🔗 Browse All Models: https://huggingface.co/Qiskit 🔗 Get Started: https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/guides/qiskit-code-assistant-local
We’d love to hear how you’re making the most of these models! Share your experiences and quantum development journey with us. 🌟
Big thanks to the team involved in this release, specially to Nicolas Dupuis, Adarsh Tiwari and Ismael Faro
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Originally shared on LinkedIn on July 8, 2025 - 304 reactions, 16 comments as of 11/12/2025
Juan Cruz-Benito
AI for Quantum Product Owner & Engineering Manager
Building the convergence of AI and Quantum Computing. Product Owner & Engineering Manager @ IBM Quantum