From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 72a0822Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Text generation model with 2.7B parameters. Safetensors weights, 1.54 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under LFM-1.0 (custom).
2.7B params 1.54 GB LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit safetensors custom terms Facts Params 2.7B Size 1.54 GB Formats safetensors Task text generation License LFM-1.0 (custom) From sourcecustom terms read terms
fw
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit
# manifest sha256 6b331b7ef78f… · 1.54 GB · 9 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit
From sourceHosted (signed) mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit Last check: 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC
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Size 1.54 GB
Weights 1.52 GB (safetensors)
Parameters 2.7B
Formats safetensors
Task text generation
License LFM-1.0 (custom) (custom)
Files 9, each with a sha256
Publisher mlx-community
Added 2026-11-15
Section alt.freeweights.lfm
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Base model: LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B
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This model was converted to MLX format from LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B using mlx-vlm version 0.6.10 . Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.
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pip install -U mlx-vlm Copy
python -m mlx_vlm.generate --model mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit --max-tokens 100 --temperature 0.0 --prompt "Describe this image." --image <path_to_image> Copy Files 9 files · 1.54 GB Weights 1.52 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 9 files with their sha256 File Size sha256 .gitattributes 1.57 KB 34448b82c17d60fec9b65b1f093c115ddbaadc04beb1b0140b6bfed2e012a930 README.md 791 B 7b6d97155428fc466312294ddd20470d3e6c06adab0220dc27aa155d1f0950a1 chat_template.jinja 5.50 KB aadd425edb1d42fe9288e5de3624c21c1c03099129b9cfea5978f1bc67222c0a config.json 2.38 KB 183f59ddf55580609fbc271a2e4025317b4a48daec2c43a9db61d7a3985ba2e3 generation_config.json 306 B e08c9a83f4bfe64468c9671a2b69b60549728e2a9481387f3555471f64e958bc model.safetensors 1.52 GB c60882ad5ae00906e17b6fe14d1a86d6f63d4e2e2782ea0dced24bb97bef9766 model.safetensors.index.json 50.9 KB 1c0460f5ce5e990b60ab83cdd446932738a327847fba5069dbb8cf92c0d7f389 tokenizer.json 17.9 MB 695be7802a0e4b8a81048f0ff5ebb7fc811a0ba5a6be63dbb24deb5a81096f41 tokenizer_config.json 363 B 11f1de897317b489dd09199284528382eeb17f566398b16e2039bb2266d26b09
Versions Each time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commit Date Contents 72a08228cf pinned now 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC 9 files · 1.54 GB
Use it fw
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit
# manifest sha256 6b331b7ef78f… · 1.54 GB · 9 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-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/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit.json --dir ./LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit
$ python3 fw.py verify ./LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit ./mlx-community__LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit.json Copyhf The Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit --revision 72a08228cf703cd7dc0187abf4edbbd8e935f864 --local-dir ./LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit Copytransformers 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/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit", revision="72a08228cf703cd7dc0187abf4edbbd8e935f864")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit", revision="72a08228cf703cd7dc0187abf4edbbd8e935f864", device_map="auto") CopyvLLM Serve an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit --revision 72a08228cf703cd7dc0187abf4edbbd8e935f864 CopyLicense 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 7b6d97155428fc466312294ddd20470d3e6c06adab0220dc27aa155d1f0950a1 Terms gate Yes. The commands stay folded until you open them after reading the license.
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Provenance From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 72a0822Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Upstream mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit Pinned commit 72a08228cf703cd7dc0187abf4edbbd8e935f864 Manifest LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit.json · .minisig Manifest sha256 6b331b7ef78f2f59b364b8ba019208ca3528cbeb001d8674b83db351eeefe1e0 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/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit.json
$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit.json.minisig
$ minisign -Vm LFM2.5-2.6B-4bit.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq
$ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab Copy
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) From sourcecustom 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) From sourcecustom 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) From sourcecustom 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) From sourcecustom 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) From sourcecustom 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) From sourcecustom terms read terms flip From: LiquidAI <huggingface.co/LiquidAI> Subject: LFM2-2.6B-Exp