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LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: be587c0Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Image text to text model with 1.6B parameters. Safetensors weights, 1.47 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under LFM-1.0 (custom).

1.6B params1.47GBLFM2-VL-1.6B-4bitsafetensorscustom terms
FactsParams1.6BSize1.47 GBFormatssafetensorsTaskimage text to textLicenseLFM-1.0 (custom)From sourcecustom termsread terms
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit
# manifest sha256 d4f167dbcbcf… · 1.47 GB · 14 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit
From sourceHosted (signed)mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bitLast check: 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC
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Overview

Size
1.47 GB
Weights
1.46 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
1.6B
Formats
safetensors
Task
image text to text
License
LFM-1.0 (custom) (custom)
Files
14, each with a sha256
Publisher
mlx-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.lfm
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From the publisher at commit be587c0. Shown as plain text with links; images open at the publisher.

mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit#

This model was converted to MLX format from LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-1.6B using mlx-vlm version 0.3.2. Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.

Use with mlx#

pip install -U mlx-vlm
python -m mlx_vlm.generate --model mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit --max-tokens 100 --temperature 0.0 --prompt "Describe this image." --image <path_to_image>

Files

14 files · 1.47 GBWeights 1.46 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
README.md661 B93aa115252aaa38e8cf30a76494ae3858131835c040b24857c229e4312aa765a
chat_template.jinja434 Bcf0af741b36248dfe460af825b0b3acb3c651cf7dd40a74c29447f60b75d2b9b
config.json8.18 KBc467a9d4c07a0847c95ac7f2b5abb6020434cad9dc0d2cd014f16f223089d525
generation_config.json132 B529184b675eb21c69367bb9b96b4b6fab90e02d94a384f5a94f1004903ac2430
model.safetensors1.46 GB2f169e439c2ef393621edd16fc86698fe16b59f7c407be96808233e4526c9d6b
model.safetensors.index.json63.7 KBc4b6242264cac84f8434ba7fc773f61db01d59054c419440e1468abb33e44060
modeling_lfm2_vl.py27.4 KBc026644f7a81e86a42f73c4596d772c00348b00beb0cf384608f9957b182e2d5
preprocessor_config.json535 Ba70ef8973bfbb79a429a1e48f3a3674ec5e970d82e52e6c9091381a1a2e48966
processing_lfm2_vl.py24.5 KBfa1a408d27e1006d98308a2bb1e477dc52d1b12fff42827661af270e8e33df29
processor_config.json435 B24ba14ff1adc84b65d71c87076c33e2f56786afb82e5e4b9f8f6e4a6d29f9136
special_tokens_map.json584 Ba33ecf36d838dc264c8f960669aa3d26369d7a683c75a65bc5acdc3c65ca5ed9
tokenizer.json4.73 MBf3910942aa907c48b0cc20ec426ee38bfa8dcda8feecf035ced981918cb30f14
tokenizer_config.json92.3 KB5d460b26aa4512b0c951d735360c6eb443812a3f7974f95abcef67638c0c0df4
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
be587c0552 pinned now2026-11-15 00:21 UTC14 files · 1.47 GB

Use it

# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit
# manifest sha256 d4f167dbcbcf… · 1.47 GB · 14 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit
Terms 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.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit.json --dir ./LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit ./mlx-community__LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit --revision be587c055231b0905e846f2c99803dd6d7f33a7a --local-dir ./LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit
transformersLoad the weights in Python.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import AutoModelForImageTextToText, AutoProcessor processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit", revision="be587c055231b0905e846f2c99803dd6d7f33a7a") model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit", revision="be587c055231b0905e846f2c99803dd6d7f33a7a", device_map="auto")
vLLMServe an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit --revision be587c055231b0905e846f2c99803dd6d7f33a7a
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License

Name
LFM Open License v1.0
Id
LicenseRef-LFM-1.0
Class
Custom terms
Redistribution
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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
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93aa115252aaa38e8cf30a76494ae3858131835c040b24857c229e4312aa765a
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Provenance

From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bitDate: 2026-11-15Commit: be587c0Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit
Pinned commit
be587c055231b0905e846f2c99803dd6d7f33a7a
Manifest
LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
d4f167dbcbcf5952fb10c7c30ac5c6a963784c5982e43b3bd1cdb20a6d3044a6
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-VL-1.6B-4bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/mlx-community/LFM2-VL-1.6B-4bit

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