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granite-4.2-8b-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: edfcfe1Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Model. Gguf weights, 21.9 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under Apache-2.0.

granite21.9GBgranite-4.2-8b-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize21.9 GBFormatsggufTasknot taggedLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF
# manifest sha256 29a9d57983c1… · 21.9 GB · 5 files
$ fw verify ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 04:59 UTC
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Overview

Size
21.9 GB
Weights
5.35 GB (smallest of 3 GGUF variants)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
not tagged
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
5, each with a sha256
Publisher
lmstudio-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.granite
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Base model: ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b

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Publisher at the pinned commit→You

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💫 Community Model> granite-4.2-8b by ibm-granite#

👾 LM Studio Community models highlights program. Highlighting new & noteworthy models by the community. Join the conversation on Discord.

Model creator: ibm-granite

Original model: granite-4.2-8b

GGUF quantization: provided by LM Studio team using llama.cpp release b10622

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

5 files · 21.9 GBWeights 5.35 GB (smallest of 3 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 5 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.70 KB14314bd499760187296c857838b3eb5fa89571a76c66e6ad9dd5f2d5a1bbae39
README.md2.15 KB359ba0314ebb40f91f784129dcf910fe34f19221558472fd82d8db1afa930d3d
granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_M.gguf5.35 GBef86ef6dcd2d052fda752485c53247255759f175a59a19bdaeec46231f85806d
granite-4.2-8b-Q6_K.gguf7.22 GB985d7358869a5b451b22cf919038af5c04283676fa931a449d8d739e9f214c0c
granite-4.2-8b-Q8_0.gguf9.35 GB61eebd6f1178ba0c8808588479a0acf1b82abae7e969be113c38278b889b136d
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
edfcfe19f0 pinned now2026-11-15 04:59 UTC5 files · 21.9 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF
# manifest sha256 29a9d57983c1… · 21.9 GB · 5 files
$ fw verify ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-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/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF.json --dir ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF ./lmstudio-community__granite-4.2-8b-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF --revision edfcfe19f018f8810eda22609d6a58ebc91341b3 --local-dir ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_M, 5.35 GB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF --include "granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_M*" --local-dir ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF/granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_M.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./granite-4.2-8b-GGUF/granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_M.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create granite-4.2-8b-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
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359ba0314ebb40f91f784129dcf910fe34f19221558472fd82d8db1afa930d3d
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Provenance

From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.graniteSubject: granite-4.2-8b-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: edfcfe1Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF
Pinned commit
edfcfe19f018f8810eda22609d6a58ebc91341b3
Manifest
granite-4.2-8b-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
29a9d57983c10096544cd7a73874a0c1b46815a91fd2995dd8f8f2974b40ed61
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:59 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm granite-4.2-8b-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-4.2-8b · 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-4.2-8b-GGUF
Open in Freeweights Studio

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

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. granite-4.2-8b-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF

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