MidnightCoder-30B-GGUF is designed for developers who want to run a powerful coding model locally using llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, or any GGUF-compatible inference engine.

This distribution is optimized for the Midnight Coder agent but is fully compatible with any coding agent or workflow. It excels at structured, specification-driven software engineering while remaining suitable for general-purpose coding tasks.

Run directly with Ollama

You can download and run MidnightCoder-30B directly from Ollama:

ollama run midnightcoderagent/MidnightCoder-30B

Or pull it first:

ollama pull midnightcoderagent/MidnightCoder-30B

🔗 Midnight Coder Agent

GitHub: https://github.com/midnightcoderagent/Midnight-Coder
Website: https://midnightcoderagent.github.io
Install: npm install -g midnight-coder (Linux support currently available. Windows and macOS support coming soon.)
Issues & Feature Requests: https://github.com/midnightcoderagent/Midnight-Coder/issues

Features

🚀 Optimized for software engineering
📝 Specification-driven development
🤖 Designed for AI coding agents
🔧 Compatible with llama.cpp
🦙 Compatible with Ollama
💻 Local-first development
📚 Strong support for large codebases
🔍 Refactoring and debugging assistance
🧪 Test generation support
📖 Documentation generation

Base Model

This model is based on:

Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct

All credit for the pretrained model belongs to the Qwen Team (Alibaba).

This repository distributes the model in GGUF format for local inference.

About Midnight Coder

Midnight Coder is an open-source AI coding assistant focused on structured software engineering.

Instead of behaving like a generic chatbot, Midnight Coder follows an engineering workflow centered around planning, specifications, implementation, and verification.

Typical workflow:

Understand the task
Create a technical specification
Define implementation scope
Implement changes
Verify results
Report completed work

This workflow helps produce predictable, maintainable, and review-friendly code.

Intended Use

MidnightCoder-30B-GGUF is suitable for:

Software Engineering
Backend Development
Frontend Development
API Design
SQL
Docker
DevOps
Linux
Code Review
Refactoring
Documentation
Debugging
Architecture Discussions

Compatible Software

The model can be used with:

llama.cpp
Ollama
LM Studio
Open WebUI
Jan
KoboldCpp
Text Generation WebUI
Any GGUF-compatible runtime

Recommended Context

Recommended context sizes:

Context	Recommended Usage
8K	Small projects
16K	General development
32K	Large repositories
64K+	Complex multi-file projects (hardware permitting)

Quantization

This repository provides the model in GGUF format.

The quantization is indicated in the filename.

Examples:

Q4_K_M
Q5_K_M
Q6_K
Q8_0

Example (llama.cpp)

bash

llama-cli \
-m MidnightCoder-30B-Q4_K_M.gguf \
-c 32768

Example (Ollama)

Create a Modelfile:

text

FROM MidnightCoder-30B-Q4_K_M.gguf

SYSTEM """
<Midnight Coder system prompt>
"""

Build:

ollama create midnightcoder -f Modelfile

Run:

ollama run midnightcoder

Performance Notes

The required memory depends on:

Quantization
Context size
KV cache precision
Runtime configuration

Lower quantizations reduce memory usage while higher quantizations generally preserve more model quality.

Limitations

Like any language model:

Responses may contain inaccuracies.
Generated code should always be reviewed.
Security-sensitive code requires human validation.
Production deployments should include proper testing.

License

This repository distributes a GGUF version of the original model.

Please refer to the original Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct license for licensing terms regarding the base model.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to:

Alibaba Qwen Team
Hugging Face
llama.cpp
Ollama

for making local AI development accessible to the community.

Midnight Coder

Midnight Coder is an open-source project dedicated to building high-quality AI tools for software developers.

Links

GitHub

https://github.com/midnightcoderagent/Midnight-Coder

Organization

https://huggingface.co/MidnightCoder

Disclaimer

This repository is an independent GGUF distribution based on Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct.

It is not an official release from the Qwen Team or Alibaba.

All trademarks and original model rights belong to their respective owners.