NightOwl CodeEmbedding measured on 6 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks6
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68.7CoIR
Jun 2026released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
Java, JavaScript, Ruby +5Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Betterpplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+8%—$0.004Languages: not verified+1
OpenQwen 3 Embedding 8Bunstated+16%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+9%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+15%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Betterpplx Embed v1 4BOpen+12%—$0.03Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
pplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+8%—$0.004Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+16%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+9%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+15%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1pplx Embed v1 4BOpen+12%—$0.03Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+16%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1cC2LLM 7BOpen+16%——Languages: loses Java, JavaScript, Ruby +5+1cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+16%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+16%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+15%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
SNightOwl CodeEmbedding v2Openn/a——Languages: not verifiedAll Shuu12121 models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does NightOwl CodeEmbedding cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is NightOwl CodeEmbedding free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is NightOwl CodeEmbedding, and what is it best at?›
#31 of 58 in Embeddings.
Is NightOwl CodeEmbedding better than mDenseOn?›
On CoIR · Retrieval · multilingual (9 languages), NightOwl CodeEmbedding scores 68.7 vs 69.3 — about the same.
When was NightOwl CodeEmbedding released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-06-08. It is the current version in its line.
Is NightOwl CodeEmbedding open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run NightOwl CodeEmbedding locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is NightOwl CodeEmbedding?›
NightOwl CodeEmbedding is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Shuu12121, released Jun 2026.
What are the best alternatives to NightOwl CodeEmbedding?›
pplx Embed v1 0.6B (better), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (open weights).