Kev: open-source 0.8B/4B/9B judge models on Qwen3.5, the 9B fits a 32GB Mac
khiladi1729 · reddit · 2026-09-22
Kev is a small family of Jev-architecture decision models built on Qwen3.5, available in 0.8B, 4B and 9B sizes under Apache-2.0, with training code and frozen eval suites included.
- The 9B model runs locally on a 32GB Mac in bf16
- It's API-compatible with TypeSafe's System One, so their Python SDK points at your local server unchanged
- The bundled web playground demonstrates how option order shifts judge answers — the bias every LLM-as-judge builder runs into
Repo: https://github.com/jaredpalmer/kev
Related event: Jared Palmer Open-Sources Kev Family of Small Judge Models(5 posts)→
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