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e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 14aa7caSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

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

embed36.7MBe5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize36.7 MBFormatsggufTasksentence similarityLicenseMITFrom sourcepermissive
$ fw get ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF
# manifest sha256 abfc8c3e664c… · 36.7 MB · 3 files
$ fw verify ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 05:23 UTC
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Overview

Size
36.7 MB
Weights
36.7 MB (GGUF)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
sentence similarity
License
MIT (permissive)
Files
3, each with a sha256
Publisher
ggml-org
Added
2026-11-15
Section
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Base model: intfloat/e5-small-v2

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ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF#

This model was converted to GGUF format from intfloat/e5-small-v2 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/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file e5-small-v2-q8_0.gguf -p "The meaning to life and the universe is"
Server:#
llama-server --hf-repo ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file e5-small-v2-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/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file e5-small-v2-q8_0.gguf -p "The meaning to life and the universe is"

or 

./llama-server --hf-repo ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF --hf-file e5-small-v2-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 KB3c4f0f4c1134b78c0d07ba817ccfa6b1ac3d9a64c3a1bec5e21028cbcbde5db9
README.md61.9 KB45678e7e096cea6863762de130f05c6cecbe3d837ee6046b8e86a1edcde7597d
e5-small-v2-q8_0.gguf36.7 MBafdfb5c342d2efc2a051c426dd1d00913495d5f2bbceaea100d2f3892aa31cbc
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
14aa7ca88c pinned now2026-11-15 05:23 UTC3 files · 36.7 MB

Use it

$ fw get ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF
# manifest sha256 abfc8c3e664c… · 36.7 MB · 3 files
$ fw verify ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF ggml-org/e5-small-v2-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/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF.json --dir ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF ./ggml-org__e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF --revision 14aa7ca88ca627e2ea0051929636561158e289ab --local-dir ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (e5-small-v2-q8_0, 36.7 MB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF --include "e5-small-v2-q8_0*" --local-dir ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF/e5-small-v2-q8_0.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF/e5-small-v2-q8_0.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create e5-small-v2-q8-0-gguf -f Modelfile
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License

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MIT License
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MIT
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Provenance

From: ggml-org <huggingface.co/ggml-org>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.embedSubject: e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: 14aa7caSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF
Pinned commit
14aa7ca88ca627e2ea0051929636561158e289ab
Manifest
e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
abfc8c3e664cea8f1ca34c8c55d13f5a9e69049869c2ee0deafdf0152fa6e085
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 05:23 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/ggml-org/e5-small-v2-Q8_0-GGUF

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