Local AI Glossary
What is Fill-in-the-middle (FIM)?
Source: paperswithcode/FIM
A code completion mode where the model sees code both before and after a cursor and predicts the missing middle. Used by Copilot, Continue, Aider. Supported by StarCoder2, Qwen 2.5-Coder, DeepSeek Coder.
How Fill-in-the-middle (FIM) fits in the local AI stack
Fill-in-the-middle (FIM) is part of the broader local AI ecosystem. See the related guides, comparisons, and tools below to see how it applies in practice.
See also
- Full Local AI Glossary
- All learn topics
- What is Local AI?
- Quantization explained
- Hardware requirements
- How to choose a local LLM