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From: ibm-granite <huggingface.co/ibm-granite>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.graniteSubject:

granite-4.2-3b-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: c40945dSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Model. Gguf weights, 40.5 GB in all. Published by ibm-granite under Apache-2.0.

granite40.5GBgranite-4.2-3b-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize40.5 GBFormatsggufTasknot taggedLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF
# manifest sha256 eb36f3343c15… · 40.5 GB · 19 files
$ fw verify ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 04:35 UTC
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Overview

Size
40.5 GB
Weights
1.46 GB (smallest of 15 GGUF variants)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
not tagged
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
19, each with a sha256
Publisher
ibm-granite
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.granite
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Original release from the publisher.

Base model: ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b

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Publisher at the pinned commit→You

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From the publisher at commit c40945d. Shown as plain text with links; images open at the publisher.
Granite-4.2-3B (GGUF)#

Note. This repository contains the GGUF version of Granite-4.2-3B.

Please refer to the original model's model card for additional details: https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b

Files

19 files · 40.5 GBWeights 1.46 GB (smallest of 15 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 19 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes2.45 KBd7723c0778707ca010d2eec889e7ce643b271dbd1442552dd63e175e82cc1832
README.md368 B366a634da286ca154ef41214dc503ce1dcb8e6de126bec73f80ae3216fb01c99
granite-4.2-3b-Q2_K.gguf1.46 GBa66f94672d05104517ae844664cac86086f627e29f8e6410bce4c42849afc71b
granite-4.2-3b-Q3_K_L.gguf1.97 GB99f8a87638f740420b415017901e1b23a3701e4f12b76cf42518bdaa01482e83
granite-4.2-3b-Q3_K_M.gguf1.84 GBcf620d4d440f544ece5e6257ed86539d7729d75c3585c9e17dd74d2632a34322
granite-4.2-3b-Q3_K_S.gguf1.68 GBcd7dd8e5c38523514d70083e4cbd88a0cecb5c8f86ef57cd0b80c15b84aa369e
granite-4.2-3b-Q4_0.gguf2.13 GBd34a4a7c0b230d3f544eca502beb7e04efc3a0ebd59e2f2df50058f23cc20711
granite-4.2-3b-Q4_1.gguf2.34 GB2fe0f96ec5c7aff6f0713e5970ec68a1066231b78d5a48783338106a90abfb7e
granite-4.2-3b-Q4_K_M.gguf2.24 GBe0406663965846ae22a403456eb826ccce5f450840491f71952f18a7cb78e7d5
granite-4.2-3b-Q4_K_S.gguf2.14 GB2719546cd7202b70099aa6b9e03b4d4d69851bef12089bcf5c351a72b61a1de9
granite-4.2-3b-Q5_0.gguf2.55 GBedf6a67910492f875646347fe9df5a1ca584831c1acde19923ba9a73b145d951
granite-4.2-3b-Q5_1.gguf2.77 GB42804ba675926aeacb4c5940d656caaa3869667fdaf42e5966244c1ab10c973d
granite-4.2-3b-Q5_K_M.gguf2.61 GB982e797413f842329266a00c2a85ce540bb5c1b65ac4646276bfb9d2886c5efe
granite-4.2-3b-Q5_K_S.gguf2.55 GB345c66d60ca7a7b43e2cde9b8876cf06bf47775ba9cc23253a3235afd0d72726
granite-4.2-3b-Q6_K.gguf3.01 GB2e08e2790489162105be79b7f26a81fde28ea30119fa6df12594acd59f12dd96
granite-4.2-3b-Q8_0.gguf3.89 GBfbe986738041418e26de9e123ba740cb654931f85bf572a71bd01f9e6b85e53d
granite-4.2-3b-bf16.gguf7.32 GB8aad15f38ab5796190c9701b1913fd8f0bef01968a42cd16ffe469831564ef47
granite_thinking_parser.py4.65 KBcd5eef99f559f33dc402e0475174a97dcb43724d7e810149c702e9bbc473048a
model.sig12.1 KBb177d50e9a45db94e070da90b475c499b3ac01f2770f28d5af4b078b6f5a0ef4
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
c40945d71c pinned now2026-11-15 04:35 UTC19 files · 40.5 GB

Use it

$ fw get ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF
# manifest sha256 eb36f3343c15… · 40.5 GB · 19 files
$ fw verify ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF.json --dir ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF ./ibm-granite__granite-4.2-3b-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF --revision c40945d71cd90f249a56985e8155551a9188dc30 --local-dir ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (granite-4.2-3b-Q2_K, 1.46 GB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF --include "granite-4.2-3b-Q2_K*" --local-dir ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF/granite-4.2-3b-Q2_K.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./granite-4.2-3b-GGUF/granite-4.2-3b-Q2_K.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create granite-4.2-3b-gguf -f Modelfile
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License

Name
Apache License 2.0
Id
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive
Redistribution
yes
Listing
Hosted (signed)
Decided
License as declared by the publisher. No person read it. 2026-11-15
Text in
README.md
Text sha256
366a634da286ca154ef41214dc503ce1dcb8e6de126bec73f80ae3216fb01c99
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Provenance

From: ibm-granite <huggingface.co/ibm-granite>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.graniteSubject: granite-4.2-3b-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: c40945dSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF
Pinned commit
c40945d71cd90f249a56985e8155551a9188dc30
Manifest
granite-4.2-3b-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
eb36f3343c15a9c5c59d096239b5a6a4a411193a278981aa81d7ca298e4da8b6
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:35 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm granite-4.2-3b-GGUF.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

A manifest whose signature fails must be rejected. A file whose size or sha256 does not match must be discarded. Verify a download

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Parent

ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b · this model is a quantization of it

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$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF
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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. granite-4.2-3b-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF

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