From: <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2-VL-450M-4bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: e3577e9Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Image text to text model with 451M parameters. Safetensors weights, 382 MB in all. Published by mlx-community under LFM-1.0 (custom).
451M params 382 MB LFM2-VL-450M-4bit safetensors custom terms Facts Params 451M Size 382 MB Formats safetensors Task image text to text License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms
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# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit
# manifest sha256 1e58229b7594… · 382 MB · 14 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2-VL-450M-4bit mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bitHosted (signed) mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit Last check: 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC
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Size 382 MB
Weights 377 MB (safetensors)
Parameters 451M
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
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This model was converted to MLX format from LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M 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-vlmpython -m mlx_vlm.generate --model mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit --max-tokens 100 --temperature 0.0 --prompt "Describe this image." --image <path_to_image> Files 14 files · 382 MB Weights 377 MB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 14 files with their sha256 File Size sha256 .gitattributes 1.52 KB 11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361 README.md 661 B 7e510aa0104586f596525df611a0b91396c0f8af060f8f3c94967362cf13ac3e chat_template.jinja 434 B cf0af741b36248dfe460af825b0b3acb3c651cf7dd40a74c29447f60b75d2b9b config.json 8.17 KB 87195c30a4a48e977169d2e4018fa764ac4cda7cef255b51b0d4a93eccd4d8ea generation_config.json 132 B 529184b675eb21c69367bb9b96b4b6fab90e02d94a384f5a94f1004903ac2430 model.safetensors 377 MB 653d24d9b63c2cc1f0d35a90b7606752ffd1074b3cf5a42923b22a357e040dcc model.safetensors.index.json 45.2 KB 14050c79852f23a1e349a6e832a75aafbe02d8935df5692c12aeef9c2ad0d002 modeling_lfm2_vl.py 27.4 KB c026644f7a81e86a42f73c4596d772c00348b00beb0cf384608f9957b182e2d5 preprocessor_config.json 535 B a70ef8973bfbb79a429a1e48f3a3674ec5e970d82e52e6c9091381a1a2e48966 processing_lfm2_vl.py 24.5 KB fa1a408d27e1006d98308a2bb1e477dc52d1b12fff42827661af270e8e33df29 processor_config.json 436 B dfb538d609add2675159696d441d920b55b9a8e994fa7e294bf8b038bfedb7de special_tokens_map.json 584 B a33ecf36d838dc264c8f960669aa3d26369d7a683c75a65bc5acdc3c65ca5ed9 tokenizer.json 4.73 MB f3910942aa907c48b0cc20ec426ee38bfa8dcda8feecf035ced981918cb30f14 tokenizer_config.json 92.3 KB 5d460b26aa4512b0c951d735360c6eb443812a3f7974f95abcef67638c0c0df4
Versions Each time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commit Date Contents e3577e940f pinned now 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC 14 files · 382 MB
Use it fw
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit
# manifest sha256 1e58229b7594… · 382 MB · 14 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2-VL-450M-4bit mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-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-VL-450M-4bit.json --dir ./LFM2-VL-450M-4bit
$ python3 fw.py verify ./LFM2-VL-450M-4bit ./mlx-community__LFM2-VL-450M-4bit.jsonhf The Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit --revision e3577e940f4dc756477245f8b5e01b2acaaab784 --local-dir ./LFM2-VL-450M-4bittransformers Load 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-450M-4bit", revision="e3577e940f4dc756477245f8b5e01b2acaaab784")
model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit", revision="e3577e940f4dc756477245f8b5e01b2acaaab784", device_map="auto")vLLM Serve an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit --revision e3577e940f4dc756477245f8b5e01b2acaaab784License 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 7e510aa0104586f596525df611a0b91396c0f8af060f8f3c94967362cf13ac3e 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-VL-450M-4bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: e3577e9Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Upstream mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit Pinned commit e3577e940f4dc756477245f8b5e01b2acaaab784 Manifest LFM2-VL-450M-4bit.json · .minisig Manifest sha256 1e58229b75944055aa0142c1ab5a7052ee7f6212e583a07a09c365d5b1e27c68 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-450M-4bit.json
$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2-VL-450M-4bit.json.minisig
$ minisign -Vm LFM2-VL-450M-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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