needle
needle is Automation foundation model for tiny devices: 2-bit, 8-29 MB, tool calls, structured extraction and embeddings on phones, wearables, smart homes, robots, cars and microcontrollers. - cactus-compute.... It is ranked #1065 on the Dev Radar, in Other, first seen 18 days ago and shared in 1 post (5k views).
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What people said about needle on X
Needle’s best-kept secret isn’t function calling. It’s structured extraction. Long-form text in → valid JSON out. Small enough to run in a browser at 14MB. The JSON schema is guaranteed by the same constrained sampling that we use for tool calling. https://github.com/cactus-compute/needle
— @cactuscompute, 18 days ago · 107 likes · see the post
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needle in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #1065 of 1355
- Shared in 1 post by 1 account: @cactuscompute
- 5k views on those posts
- First seen 18 days ago, last shared 18 days ago
- Pricing seen by Jev: open source
- Market: Other
FAQ
What is needle?
Automation foundation model for tiny devices: 2-bit, 8-29 MB, tool calls, structured extraction and embeddings on phones, wearables, smart homes, robots, cars and microcontrollers. - cactus-compute... It was first shared on X 18 days ago and is ranked #1065 on the Dev Radar.
Is needle free?
It is open source.
Who shared needle?
1 account on X, including @cactuscompute, in 1 post totalling 5k views.
Every post is read and classified by Jev (TypeSafe): what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 12.2k posts from 4.7k X accounts over the last 21 days, 1.4k tools, 12 markets. Collected every 5 minutes, fully re-ranked every hour — last update 2026-09-19 18:39 UTC. Full method.