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Inkling-Small
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On the bench index
Coding leaderboard
#40 of 40 on the coding index, at 3.9 · combines LMArena · Coding, LiveBench · Coding, Vals Vibe Code Bench
Open weights
#13 of 13 open-weights models on the Bench Index · thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small on Hugging Face · 266B parameters · license Apache 2.0
Where to use Inkling-Small
12 providers list Inkling-Small in the models.dev catalog (as of 2026-10-27), under the model ids shown below.
thinkingmachines/inkling-small · thinkingmachines/inkling-small:freethinkingmachines/inkling-smallthinkingmachines/inkling-smallthinkingmachines/inkling-smallthinkingmachines/inkling-smallthinkingmachines/Inkling-Smalldeepinfra/thinkingmachines/Inkling-Smallthinkingmachines/Inkling-Smallthinkingmachines/inkling-smallthinkingmachines/inkling-smallthinkingmachines/Inkling-Small · thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small:thinkingthinkingmachines/Inkling-Small · thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small:peft:262144 · thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small:peft:262144:sampling-nvfp4Listings cover the model family, so a provider may list a sibling tier under the same name. Check the id before you build on it.
Inkling-Small: quick answers
Is Inkling-Small out?
Yes. Inkling-Small is live and has been since July 30, 2026.
When was Inkling-Small released?
July 30, 2026.
Is Inkling-Small good for coding?
On the ArtificialWatch coding index it scores 3.9, #40 of 40 ranked models. The index combines LMArena · Coding, LiveBench · Coding and Vals Vibe Code Bench, taking the median of each model's percentile across them.
Is Inkling-Small open source?
It has open weights: the trained model is public on Hugging Face as thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small, 266B parameters as Hugging Face counts them, license Apache 2.0. Among the 13 open-weights models the ArtificialWatch Bench Index ranks, it is #13.
Who makes Inkling-Small?
Thinking Machines. ArtificialWatch also tracks Inkling from Thinking Machines.
Where can I use Inkling-Small?
12 providers list it in the models.dev catalog, including OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, AI/ML API, Arcee and CommandCode. The exact model ids each one lists are on this page.
Is Inkling-Small open weights?
Yes. Inkling-Small is released with open weights.
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