From: <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 9da6e34Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Image text to text model with 449M parameters. Safetensors weights, 471 MB in all. Published by mlx-community under LFM-1.0 (custom).
449M params 471 MB LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit safetensors custom terms Facts Params 449M Size 471 MB Formats safetensors Task image text to text License LFM-1.0 (custom) custom terms read terms
fw
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit
# manifest sha256 1fe34af4fae0… · 471 MB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bitHosted (signed) mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit Last check: 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC
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Overview
Size 471 MB
Weights 467 MB (safetensors)
Parameters 449M
Formats safetensors
Task image text to text
License LFM-1.0 (custom) (custom)
Files 10, each with a sha256
Publisher mlx-community
Added 2026-11-15
Section alt.freeweights.lfm Lineage
Original release from the publisher.
Base model: LiquidAI/LFM2.5-VL-450M
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This model was converted to MLX format from LiquidAI/LFM2.5-VL-450M using mlx-vlm version 0.4.4 . 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/LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-4bit --max-tokens 100 --temperature 0.0 --prompt "Describe this image." --image <path_to_image> Files 10 files · 471 MB Weights 467 MB (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 757 B 5c403ab83cec06b3b59032af749cc5a299e388925a353ef3367987bb7bd2e8f3 chat_template.jinja 3.89 KB 83a5de14f9680f9942135a701394b4e6bf94160dbb80db86fc94903e4a5c88b8 config.json 2.97 KB 83b4baed801d98b652007af2b18921d9785b63e90ec34267290dd05ed7da095b generation_config.json 136 B 40d17f9ec64c97e8fd5400540960b6a9761ed6d6acc0b1ab6a6656055e4755b3 model.safetensors 467 MB 64197c045ce147e38d9a4815fdf3148fce30bcadf67cbcf2c11ad6acc971515f model.safetensors.index.json 45.0 KB 442613a2ff43976c71097bd6d23036f8b3b836dfdab8363575f4163f157ddc85 processor_config.json 623 B a385b7c4f1a8b6a32ed8dc41947756005ebe4d4ddfeae34316ddff0c98e55a5c tokenizer.json 4.73 MB f3910942aa907c48b0cc20ec426ee38bfa8dcda8feecf035ced981918cb30f14 tokenizer_config.json 829 B aed83606e95db808fc4d5312bf117605360e770bfef5a6028c348c3981ce143a
Versions Each time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commit Date Contents 9da6e34d06 pinned now 2026-11-15 00:21 UTC 10 files · 471 MB
Use it fw
# custom terms: read the license before you download
$ fw get mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit
# manifest sha256 1fe34af4fae0… · 471 MB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bitTerms 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-VL-450M-6bit.json --dir ./LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit
$ python3 fw.py verify ./LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit ./mlx-community__LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit.jsonhf The Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit --revision 9da6e34d06691a7c53943f4a21dc044b48c38cec --local-dir ./LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bittransformers 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/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit", revision="9da6e34d06691a7c53943f4a21dc044b48c38cec")
model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit", revision="9da6e34d06691a7c53943f4a21dc044b48c38cec", device_map="auto")vLLM Serve an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit --revision 9da6e34d06691a7c53943f4a21dc044b48c38cecLicense 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 5c403ab83cec06b3b59032af749cc5a299e388925a353ef3367987bb7bd2e8f3 Terms gate Yes. The commands stay folded until you open them after reading the license. Read the license text
Licenses are checked against the license table . A custom license passes only after a person reads it.
Provenance From: <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.lfmSubject: LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 9da6e34Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓ Upstream mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit Pinned commit 9da6e34d06691a7c53943f4a21dc044b48c38cec Manifest LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit.json · .minisig Manifest sha256 1fe34af4fae0ab880094df8661d71d30857c112185a4b25cd117eeaa00b153da 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-VL-450M-6bit.json
$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit.json.minisig
$ minisign -Vm LFM2.5-VL-450M-6bit.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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