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DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: d0ac80aSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text generation model. Gguf weights, 24.4 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under MIT.

deepseek24.4GBDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize24.4 GBFormatsggufTasktext generationLicenseMITFrom sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF
# manifest sha256 edd6b13d871d… · 24.4 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 04:49 UTC
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Overview

Size
24.4 GB
Weights
4.32 GB (smallest of 4 GGUF variants)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
text generation
License
MIT (permissive)
Files
6, each with a sha256
Publisher
lmstudio-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.deepseek
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Base model: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B

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💫 Community Model> DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B by Deepseek-Ai#

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Model creator: deepseek-ai

Original model: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B

GGUF quantization: provided by bartowski based on llama.cpp release b4514

Technical Details#

Supports context length of 128k.

Distilled from DeepSeek's R1 reasoning model.

Tuned for reasoning and chain-of-thought.

Special thanks#

🙏 Special thanks to Georgi Gerganov and the whole team working on llama.cpp for making all of this possible.

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Files

6 files · 24.4 GBWeights 4.32 GB (smallest of 4 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.82 KB3876bb5c0efb46ec2b6389dd45aa17ba470d9783dda3fda862b9a36dfb79c6c4
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q3_K_L.gguf4.32 GB2661953055fc046f23736fc283830d8f0f6f40a345d3228682f32d1d493af027
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q4_K_M.gguf4.92 GBe42c90cb131c7f569364b2cc039ec03b40bc1e648090fc03470f07e3bcde6428
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q6_K.gguf6.60 GBb253b19c89f054b258b9271c4456e94eb96cee2851e4dcd7dbb724d9d3891837
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q8_0.gguf8.54 GBfa5dc295b98bd634a67d4e7954d58f0f5e90bd2bfc26918f7a38238f7a4b4412
README.md2.38 KB32b02bc14b0e94f9b083b6c7877be280f2003a9611410221c7150c4fbdfb2440
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
d0ac80a211 pinned now2026-11-15 04:49 UTC6 files · 24.4 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF
# manifest sha256 edd6b13d871d… · 24.4 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF.json --dir ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF ./lmstudio-community__DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF --revision d0ac80a21158e6315dccfd568bebfa5b3ed3f1d3 --local-dir ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q3_K_L, 4.32 GB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF --include "DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q3_K_L*" --local-dir ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q3_K_L.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q3_K_L.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b-gguf -f Modelfile
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License

Name
MIT License
Id
MIT
Class
Permissive
Redistribution
yes
Listing
Hosted (signed)
Decided
Inherited from the base model deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B: the strictest license along the lineage applies. 2026-11-15
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README.md
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32b02bc14b0e94f9b083b6c7877be280f2003a9611410221c7150c4fbdfb2440
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Provenance

From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.deepseekSubject: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: d0ac80aSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF
Pinned commit
d0ac80a21158e6315dccfd568bebfa5b3ed3f1d3
Manifest
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
edd6b13d871d272a3a86e59a5b47c845ae0d8070baf386f5008934b3c8dd61ba
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:49 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

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$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF
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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-GGUF

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