# Kolibri-1 vs North Mini Code 1.0 (slim)

> Kolibri-1 and North Mini Code 1.0 score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kolibri-1 and North Mini Code 1.0 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). North Mini Code 1.0 leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Kolibri-1: C 61, rank #44 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kolibri-1.min.md
- North Mini Code 1.0: C 61, rank #80 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/north-mini-code-1-0.min.md
- Kolibri-1, good for German and English agent work with tools on a machine with about 96 GB of accelerator memory and vLLM, where a permissive licence matters. Ahead on Risk, 65 against 60; Agent interface, 90 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 70 against 36.
- North Mini Code 1.0, good for Developers who want a coding agent on their own GPU with a permissive licence Ahead on Reach, 85 against 65.

| Category | Kolibri-1 | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 90 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 70 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kolibri-1 | North Mini Code 1.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Aleph Alpha | Cohere |
| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-07-29 |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Kolibri-1 +34: Kolibri-1 70 (The model card earns 20 with all seven items.); North Mini Code 1.0 36 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.)
- Reach, North Mini Code 1.0 +20: Kolibri-1 65 (Memory earns 10 because the smallest qualifying build is Aleph Alpha's own FP8 one at 78.8 GB, which comes to 94.6 GB with the fifth added and so fits only the…); North Mini Code 1.0 85 (Memory 25, the smallest build from Cohere is the w4a16 repository, 19.38 GB, and 19.38 GB × 1.2 = 23.3 GB, within 24 GB.)
- Risk, Kolibri-1 +5: Kolibri-1 65 (File safety earns 25 for safetensors only, with no repository code run on load.); North Mini Code 1.0 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Agent interface, Kolibri-1 +5: Kolibri-1 90 (The chat template earns 20 as Jinja in tokenizer_config.json.); North Mini Code 1.0 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,397 characters).)