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Public story · 2026-02-28 · source-backed
Mistral's Vibe CLI is a new open-source terminal coding agent with Zed IDE integration, project-aware context, and Agent Communication Protocol support. Built on Devstral 2 (123B, 256K context). Currently free via Mistral API. Combined with Devstral Small 2 (24B), this gives builders two new coding-specific models to evaluate against Claude Code and Codex. (Mistral Blog)
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Mistral dropped the Mistral 3 family: Large 3 (675B total, 41B active MoE, Apache 2.0, #2 on LMArena for OSS non-reasoning) plus Ministral 3 at 3B/8B/14B. Devstral 2 (123B) and Devstral Small 2 (24B) are coding-specific with 256K context. The headline for builders: Mistral Vib...
When the meter's running hot, the obvious move is a cheaper model that's actually good. Mistral shipped one. Devstral 2 (123B, modified MIT) scores 72.2% on SWE-bench Verified. Devstral Small 2 (24B, Apache 2.0) hits 68.0%. Both carry 256K context. Mistral claims 7x cost effic...
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