Devstral
by Mistral AIMistral's open-source coding agent model optimized for software engineering tasks and agentic workflows.
About Devstral
Devstral is Mistral AI's open-source coding-specialized agent model, released as Devstral 2 in early February 2026. Designed specifically for software engineering and agentic coding tasks, it builds on Mistral's architecture with training focused on code generation, debugging, and multi-step coding workflows. Part of Mistral's strategy to dominate the developer tools market with open models.
Key Features
Works With
Mistral API
Ollama
HuggingFace
LM Studio
OpenRouterPerfect For
Getting Started
- 1
Download from HuggingFace
- 2
Run via Ollama (ollama run devstral)
- 3
Or use via Mistral API
- 4
Integrate with VS Code or other IDEs
What Makes Devstral Different?
Open-source coding agent (first of its kind from Mistral)
Designed for multi-step agentic coding
Can run locally on powerful hardware
Pair of Mistral Magistral for reasoning
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Open source (run locally)
- Specialized for coding tasks
- Supports agentic workflows
- No API costs when self-hosted
Cons
- Smaller than closed frontier models
- Less general-purpose capability
- Requires GPU to self-host effectively
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