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Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 182f003Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Model. Safetensors weights, 5.63 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under Apache-2.0.

mistral5.63GBMinistral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bitsafetensorspermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize5.63 GBFormatssafetensorsTasknot taggedLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit
# manifest sha256 6c3219fe67d0… · 5.63 GB · 13 files
$ fw verify ./Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit
From sourceHosted (signed)mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bitLast check: 2026-11-15 04:55 UTC
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Overview

Size
5.63 GB
Weights
5.60 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
safetensors
Task
not tagged
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
13, each with a sha256
Publisher
mlx-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.mistral
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Base model: mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Base-2512

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mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit#

This model was converted to MLX format from mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512 using mlx-vlm version 0.3.9. 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/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit --max-tokens 100 --temperature 0.0 --prompt "Describe this image." --image <path_to_image>

Files

13 files · 5.63 GBWeights 5.60 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes1.62 KB07b3b4b04ce1da1f27be4f1ff90006c9b8ace80cc0eb81bdd182a11257f4498c
README.md914 B7dba94a8ed3307333cc90938a53db05ee42e0c08beaca8a50a2045a993fc49cd
chat_template.jinja7.76 KB215fb003a8e13d40e26587f89951f26eac71bb32ddeac209bcbb8161df9e315f
config.json1.99 KB390032313a9203fb1dfadfadd75bdceb46ea5409878c88cf34b96cd3739d6f28
generation_config.json131 Be0923390059f84a9180b00e5501778acc45ea9856cd7f2fd68208b360927c677
model-00001-of-00002.safetensors5.29 GB0b7c0de8f4da647f054095add6d93c1cfdd7f7f38128ecb666ebace634169aa6
model-00002-of-00002.safetensors302 MBaa49bdcf4394ab16f0cbd45b750313978073f514da8b56e802ee3c7568b3a865
model.safetensors.index.json103 KB91360719f4ce9383f46bb5750cd0b8cb4aec070dd8804c11ed94585a9924409b
params.json1.19 KB3d7e9a056d06e624e5b2fa81c74c4c58640cd8449f4f864c5da8133118a0b96d
processor_config.json976 Bece2373c2ae391bce18785a1810543bc6173a1f28b6767cffab2c35dbea5f002
tekken.json16.8 MBe29d19ea32eb7e26e6c0572d57cb7f9eca0f4420e0e0fe6ae1cf3be94da1c0d6
tokenizer.json17.1 MB286acad9b0e27fce778ac429763536accf618ccb6ed72963b6f94685e531c5c7
tokenizer_config.json21.2 KB54b6ee53caf87c338527472386b6adcc4253bf48b93cc9c27fe1d25db4ff36fc
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
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182f003f01 pinned now2026-11-15 04:55 UTC13 files · 5.63 GB

Use it

$ fw get mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit
# manifest sha256 6c3219fe67d0… · 5.63 GB · 13 files
$ fw verify ./Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit.json --dir ./Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit ./mlx-community__Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit --revision 182f003f01daa75f9de0f2c4d379722fd0bc1c61 --local-dir ./Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit
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License

Name
Apache License 2.0
Id
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive
Redistribution
yes
Listing
Hosted (signed)
Decided
License as declared by the publisher. No person read it. 2026-11-15
Text in
README.md
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Provenance

From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.mistralSubject: Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bitDate: 2026-11-15Commit: 182f003Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit
Pinned commit
182f003f01daa75f9de0f2c4d379722fd0bc1c61
Manifest
Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
6c3219fe67d01f6e831e542c37669dbdccf9148349c95aa0cab5f49a3b816380
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:55 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit.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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Parent

mistralai/Ministral-3-8B-Base-2512 · this model is a quantization of it

No model in the catalog names this one as its parent.

Get it
Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit
Open in Freeweights Studio

Pull, verify and run it in the Allternit app on Desktop, web or phone.

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/mlx-community/Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512-4bit

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