nightjar/nightjar-qa-mini
Question answering66M paramsonnxLicense: miten#extractive-qa#browser
Updated Sep 18, 2026
Part of the Open Pace seed catalog. Weights are listed for the preview and become downloadable at launch.
Overview
Extractive question answering small enough to load in a browser tab.
nightjar/nightjar-qa-mini is a 66M-parameter question answering model, published in onnx under the mit license.
Intended use
- Question answering in en.
- Research, prototypes and products that keep a person in the loop.
- Fine-tuning as a starting point for a narrower task.
How to use
# Command-line client (planned; the shape may change)
pace pull nightjar/nightjar-qa-mini
# Python (planned)
from openpace import load
model = load("nightjar/nightjar-qa-mini")Limitations
- It can state wrong things fluently. Check facts that matter.
- Quality drops on languages and domains that were thin in its training data.
- It reflects biases present in public text.
License
Released under mit. Read the license file before using the weights commercially.