From: <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 3266a85Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Text generation model with 8.3B parameters. Safetensors weights, 5.22 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under LFM-1.0 (custom).
8.3B params 5.22 GB LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit safetensors custom terms Facts Params 8.3B Size 5.22 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms
fw
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit
# manifest sha256 5de37a9b0d03… · 5.22 GB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bitHosted (signed) mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit Last check: 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC
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Size 5.22 GB
Weights 5.21 GB (safetensors)
Parameters 8.3B
Formats safetensors
Task text generation
License LFM-1.0 (custom) (custom)
Files 10, each with a sha256
Publisher mlx-community
Added 2026-11-15
Section alt.freeweights.lfm Lineage
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Base model: LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
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This model mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit was converted to MLX format from LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B using mlx-lm version 0.28.2 .
Use with mlx#
from mlx_lm import load, generate
model, tokenizer = load("mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit")
prompt = "hello"
if tokenizer.chat_template is not None:
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
messages, add_generation_prompt=True
)
response = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True) Files 10 files · 5.22 GB Weights 5.21 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 10 files with their sha256 File Size sha256 .gitattributes 1.52 KB 11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361 README.md 938 B eff60f5dcda511c351711c52366da58f3f4630e808fc8e46edd640c4d5492cf2 chat_template.jinja 1.30 KB 89e790f027916b5a2bca145a6a8454e06ffc7a5043bf3b6d97829aff86bb543f config.json 6.42 KB 3aab6586df470e01a06e9d15328aca32623321cddeb5cb8610ce637893ca6c20 generation_config.json 137 B 406488db3037c026bac5b4dde1436fb4649bbc50e5e4a2fa01115066ae96e850 model.safetensors 5.21 GB 35c1c163805083e4e928b11cadea01a0859ab6224c812e7d31cdcdbffb300ae4 model.safetensors.index.json 43.3 KB 74d3647860170430613c0baf1272ea7944acf5475621a49376eb32e697642342 special_tokens_map.json 434 B 742aefe2b7dec496e8caffdba03a75d0c1a9925d53bd3f3e0d388c96b591b6f4 tokenizer.json 4.73 MB d7a0ab0fc22e41ec8c6d7450a9ff9ce40e196ec5e5a2fa6a2105e064e0514ed7 tokenizer_config.json 91.9 KB 8cba5b0c7acab23a0d4cc9ac587346c9220a1b6d288fc5346fe118202fd6f43e
Versions Each time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commit Date Contents 3266a85e9d pinned now 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC 10 files · 5.22 GB
Use it fw
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit
# manifest sha256 5de37a9b0d03… · 5.22 GB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bitTerms that come with these files. LFM 1.0: commercial use only for organisations under US$10M annual revenue. Keep a copy of the license with the files.
Custom license (custom). Read the license text first. Open this panel to show the commands once you accept its terms. fw.py Checks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit.json --dir ./LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit
$ python3 fw.py verify ./LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit ./mlx-community__LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit.jsonhf The Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit --revision 3266a85e9dabe5a6a711f889b8389cfa0c6b08d2 --local-dir ./LFM2-8B-A1B-4bittransformers Load the weights in Python.
import os
os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT" ] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com"
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit", revision="3266a85e9dabe5a6a711f889b8389cfa0c6b08d2")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit", revision="3266a85e9dabe5a6a711f889b8389cfa0c6b08d2", device_map="auto")vLLM Serve an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit --revision 3266a85e9dabe5a6a711f889b8389cfa0c6b08d2License Name LFM Open License v1.0 Id LicenseRef-LFM-1.0 Class Custom terms Redistribution click-through Listing Hosted (signed) Terms LFM 1.0: commercial use only for organisations under US$10M annual revenue. Keep a copy of the license with the files. Decided License as declared by the publisher. No person read it. 2026-11-15 Text in README.md Text sha256 eff60f5dcda511c351711c52366da58f3f4630e808fc8e46edd640c4d5492cf2 Terms gate Yes. The commands stay folded until you open them after reading the license. Read the license text
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Provenance From: <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 3266a85Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Upstream mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit Pinned commit 3266a85e9dabe5a6a711f889b8389cfa0c6b08d2 Manifest LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit.json · .minisig Manifest sha256 5de37a9b0d03f065cf8e1887c09d092ea1fae7bc463237faf5744ea4df784098 Signature minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B Created 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC Generator freeweights-manifest/0.1.0 Takedowns None. How to verify
$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit.json
$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit.json.minisig
$ minisign -Vm LFM2-8B-A1B-4bit.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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1.2B params 2.35 GB LFM2-1.2B safetensors custom terms Facts Params 1.2B Size 2.35 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms flip From: LiquidAI <huggingface.co/LiquidAI> Subject: LFM2-1.2B 1.2B params 2.35 GB LFM2-1.2B-Extract safetensors custom terms Facts Params 1.2B Size 2.35 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms flip From: LiquidAI <huggingface.co/LiquidAI> Subject: LFM2-1.2B-Extract 1.2B params 2.35 GB LFM2-1.2B-RAG safetensors custom terms Facts Params 1.2B Size 2.35 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms flip From: LiquidAI <huggingface.co/LiquidAI> Subject: LFM2-1.2B-RAG 1.2B params 2.35 GB LFM2-1.2B-Tool safetensors custom terms Facts Params 1.2B Size 2.35 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms flip From: LiquidAI <huggingface.co/LiquidAI> Subject: LFM2-1.2B-Tool 2.6B params 5.14 GB LFM2-2.6B safetensors custom terms Facts Params 2.6B Size 5.14 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms flip From: LiquidAI <huggingface.co/LiquidAI> Subject: LFM2-2.6B 2.6B params 5.14 GB LFM2-2.6B-Exp safetensors custom terms Facts Params 2.6B Size 5.14 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms flip From: LiquidAI <huggingface.co/LiquidAI> Subject: LFM2-2.6B-Exp
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