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granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: b6fbecfSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text generation model with 3.7B parameters. Safetensors weights, 2.98 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under Apache-2.0.

3.7B params2.98GBgranite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bitsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams3.7BSize2.98 GBFormatssafetensorsTasktext generationLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit
# manifest sha256 57b18a4f8c77… · 2.98 GB · 9 files
$ fw verify ./granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bitLast check: 2026-11-15 05:20 UTC
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Quantized of granite-4.2-3b.

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Overview

Size
2.98 GB
Weights
2.97 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
3.7B
Formats
safetensors
Task
text generation
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
9, each with a sha256
Publisher
lmstudio-community
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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From the publisher at commit b6fbecf. Shown as plain text with links; images open at the publisher.

💫 Community Model> granite-4.2-3b by ibm-granite#

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Model creator: ibm-granite

Original model: granite-4.2-3b

MLX quantization: provided by LM Studio team using mlx_lm

Technical Details#

6-bit quantized version of granite-4.2-3b using MLX, optimized for Apple Silicon.

Special thanks#

🙏 Special thanks to the Apple Machine Learning Research team for creating MLX.

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Files

9 files · 2.98 GBWeights 2.97 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
README.md2.37 KB95fcb73990ae7140af2f81661ca7e4ab8cd038481a79202a57f2171647f966fc
chat_template.jinja9.01 KBf0ba43f79b3cabca5e5a7584c77aec92f49feae45cdf7779c87d9fc54cd90258
config.json1.19 KB05ac110671676777f6a57ffcd5273613472432da06b815d3330fdebe3ba441e8
generation_config.json207 B1b9baf0a7959d31d7fb58ff6b506c27d09a73d395cadccc7e6dd1d4b7e43fd9d
model.safetensors2.97 GB79ac882a6cc5addf51724bbd7ca0799f75010f417ab9a7363e155c9bec130b5d
model.safetensors.index.json65.5 KBed4b5175c650a56999f04e81b206c172aab71c2f465eb253455ad648413aa8be
tokenizer.json7.15 MB883975314d58743726347caaf2c32ac89afd5ad57222cffbc4f052f2ab27b2d7
tokenizer_config.json9.78 KB856442330f3066df1f922cccbe107c4bc3b6764c791b803b475eecf88666b2a3
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
b6fbecfdf6 pinned now2026-11-15 05:20 UTC9 files · 2.98 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit
# manifest sha256 57b18a4f8c77… · 2.98 GB · 9 files
$ fw verify ./granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit.json --dir ./granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit ./lmstudio-community__granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit --revision b6fbecfdf696460a1fa0790c6e5bc5029506d9fd --local-dir ./granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit
transformersLoad the weights in Python.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit", revision="b6fbecfdf696460a1fa0790c6e5bc5029506d9fd") model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit", revision="b6fbecfdf696460a1fa0790c6e5bc5029506d9fd", device_map="auto")
vLLMServe an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit --revision b6fbecfdf696460a1fa0790c6e5bc5029506d9fd
Run at home

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
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Provenance

From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.graniteSubject: granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bitDate: 2026-11-15Commit: b6fbecfSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit
Pinned commit
b6fbecfdf696460a1fa0790c6e5bc5029506d9fd
Manifest
granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
57b18a4f8c775d8155c41a1ffcbf167c0df608673aa18ff609c974900067fac5
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 05:20 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit.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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Get it
Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit
Open in Freeweights Studio

Pull, verify and run it in the Allternit app on Desktop, web or phone.

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-3b-MLX-6bit

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