NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B
NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2 is a 12-billion-parameter foundation model hosted on Hugging Face. It belongs to the class of open foundation models and includes a specialized chat template that supports system prompting for thinking modes along with built-in tool calling capabilities.
The model processes conversation messages through a custom template that detects commands such as /think or /no_think within user or system content to control whether thinking mode is enabled. When a system message is absent it prepends a special token before generating output. The template also injects available tools into the prompt when tools are supplied, formatting them as JSON within an AVAILABLE_TOOLS block. These mechanisms allow the model to alternate between reasoning steps and direct responses or to invoke external functions during generation.
The model is delivered as downloadable weights on the Hugging Face platform, where it can be loaded using standard library interfaces for inference or fine-tuning. It is provided under open terms consistent with the repository's public availability. The page presents it alongside other open models that aim to advance artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Overview
3 featuresIn the Reasoning space, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B takes a focused approach. It focuses on delivering a high-performance, openly available 12B parameter model that excels at complex reasoning and agentic workflows. It is built as an open-source project for developers. The project is open source (Open Source). It ships for the command line and API.
Behind NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B is NVIDIA, based in the United States, and it first shipped in 2019. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 17.2k stars and 581 commits in the last 90 days. It operates in a well-populated space: PulseGate tracks 9 similar projects. Key capabilities include reasoning, Tool Use, and Synthetic Data.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Reasoning
- Tool Use
- Synthetic Data
Built with & integrations
- AWS
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- local_oss
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Frequently asked questions about NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B
- What is NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B?
- NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B focuses on delivering a high-performance, openly available 12B parameter model that excels at complex reasoning and agentic workflows. It is catalogued under Reasoning on PulseGate.
- Who is NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B for?
- NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B is an open-source project built for developers.
- Does NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B have a free plan?
- Yes — NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B run on?
- NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B runs on the command line and API.
- Is NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 581 commits in the last 90 days.
- What are alternatives to NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL, and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL NVFP4 QAD.NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12BNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VLNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL NVFP4 QAD
- Who develops NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B?
- NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B is developed by NVIDIA, based in the United States.
- When did NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B launch?
- NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B first shipped in 2019.
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