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bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-14Commit: f2068edSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Feature extraction model. Gguf weights, 36.7 MB in all. Published by ggml-org under MIT.

embed36.7MBbge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize36.7 MBFormatsggufTaskfeature extractionLicenseMITFrom sourcepermissive
$ fw get ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF
# manifest sha256 183e56a9a6a4… · 36.7 MB · 3 files
$ fw verify ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-14 21:28 UTC
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Overview

Size
36.7 MB
Weights
36.7 MB (GGUF)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
feature extraction
License
MIT (permissive)
Files
3, each with a sha256
Publisher
ggml-org
Added
2026-11-14
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Base model: BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5

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ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF#

This model was converted to GGUF format from BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5 using llama.cpp via the ggml.ai's GGUF-my-repo space. Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.

Use with llama.cpp#

Install llama.cpp through brew (works on Mac and Linux)

brew install llama.cpp

Invoke the llama.cpp server or the CLI.

CLI:#
llama-cli --hf-repo ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf -p "The meaning to life and the universe is"
Server:#
llama-server --hf-repo ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf -c 2048

Note: You can also use this checkpoint directly through the usage steps listed in the Llama.cpp repo as well.

Step 1: Clone llama.cpp from GitHub.

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp

Step 2: Move into the llama.cpp folder and build it with LLAMA_CURL=1 flag along with other hardware-specific flags (for ex: LLAMA_CUDA=1 for Nvidia GPUs on Linux).

cd llama.cpp && LLAMA_CURL=1 make

Step 3: Run inference through the main binary.

./llama-cli --hf-repo ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf -p "The meaning to life and the universe is"

or 

./llama-server --hf-repo ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf -c 2048

Files

3 files · 36.7 MBWeights 36.7 MB (GGUF). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes1.58 KB710fda66218097627ae254d325bcbac2a478cae645611da7e093f07ce791839e
README.md62.1 KB07a5c558583f72bc94f2614d118572d5a59006c5b82130c361e9e077d8955de1
bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf36.7 MBf046db1dc724cf4f6f0a0c5917e922823b73eb1d27b8f9a9c2797f7866974804
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
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f2068edd9b pinned now manifest updated, same commit2026-11-14 21:28 UTC3 files · 36.7 MB
f2068edd9b2026-11-14 21:28 UTC3 files · 36.7 MB

Use it

$ fw get ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF
# manifest sha256 183e56a9a6a4… · 36.7 MB · 3 files
$ fw verify ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF.json --dir ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF ./ggml-org__bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF --revision f2068edd9b54f2a369549ccc71f70ed273a2a801 --local-dir ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0, 36.7 MB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF --include "bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0*" --local-dir ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF/bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF/bge-small-en-v1.5-q8_0.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create bge-small-en-v1.5-q8-0-gguf -f Modelfile
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License

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Provenance

From: ggml-org <huggingface.co/ggml-org>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.embedSubject: bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUFDate: 2026-11-14Commit: f2068edSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
ggml-org/bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF
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f2068edd9b54f2a369549ccc71f70ed273a2a801
Manifest
bge-small-en-v1.5-Q8_0-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
183e56a9a6a4115503f77c4a367d49ce8695a46f90b313c5576248ecf61ae439
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-14 21:28 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

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Source
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