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From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.qwenSubject:

Qwen3-8B-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 07ebe81Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text generation model. Gguf weights, 24.9 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under Apache-2.0.

qwen24.9GBQwen3-8B-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize24.9 GBFormatsggufTasktext generationLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF
# manifest sha256 051e8461d2f9… · 24.9 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 04:39 UTC
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Quantized of Qwen3-8B.

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Overview

Size
24.9 GB
Weights
4.43 GB (smallest of 4 GGUF variants)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
text generation
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
6, each with a sha256
Publisher
lmstudio-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.qwen
Lineage

Original release from the publisher.

Base model: Qwen/Qwen3-8B

Where these bytes come from
Publisher at the pinned commit→You

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From the publisher at commit 07ebe81. Shown as plain text with links; images open at the publisher.

💫 Community Model> Qwen3 8B by Qwen#

👾 LM Studio Community models highlights program. Highlighting new & noteworthy models by the community. Join the conversation on Discord.

Model creator: Qwen

Original model: Qwen3-8B

GGUF quantization: provided by bartowski based on llama.cpp release b5200

Technical Details#

Supports a context length of up to 131,072 tokens with YaRN (default 32k)

Supports /no_think to disable reasoning, just add it at the end of your prompt

Supports both thinking and non-thinking modes withe enhanced reasoning in both for significantly enhanced mathematics, coding, and commonsense

Excels at creative writing, role-playing, multi-turn dialogues, and instruction following

Advanced agent capabilities and support for over 100 languages and dialects

Special thanks#

🙏 Special thanks to Georgi Gerganov and the whole team working on llama.cpp for making all of this possible.

Disclaimers#

LM Studio is not the creator, originator, or owner of any Model featured in the Community Model Program. Each Community Model is created and provided by third parties. LM Studio does not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Community Model. You understand that Community Models can produce content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or deceptive. Each Community Model is the sole responsibility of the person or entity who originated such Model. LM Studio may not monitor or control the Community Models and cannot, and does not, take responsibility for any such Model. LM Studio disclaims all warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, reliability or benefits of the Community Models. LM Studio further disclaims any warranty that the Community Model will meet your requirements, be secure, uninterrupted or available at any time or location, or error-free, viruses-free, or that any errors will be corrected, or otherwise. You will be solely responsible for any damage resulting from your use of or access to the Community Models, your downloading of any Community Model, or use of any other Community Model provided by or through LM Studio.

Files

6 files · 24.9 GBWeights 4.43 GB (smallest of 4 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 6 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.74 KBdc351bfaba58678d5c5f7ed2569ca2994aa03786d2bd23786a9983daeeb4a7c3
Qwen3-8B-Q3_K_L.gguf4.43 GBac317e49b3555d23ab717b6007f407ce954cb1725431947404fae803493dc88b
Qwen3-8B-Q4_K_M.gguf5.03 GBa7676d257b10f3ce23aedba45e64ba61a5aa295f0009d87c5627f6c026a8f35f
Qwen3-8B-Q6_K.gguf6.73 GBc49c200ed103fe22c2bb37e08f330b606db1ca5a2ccf21b605c57a9005be0002
Qwen3-8B-Q8_0.gguf8.71 GB60f232fbbdb88a363f4b483337a4ad3986784ccd4ecf1f1839bbed600a415f01
README.md2.66 KB3d0c8ba57ec94fcb223da25e8608989de1881e2c450502c215148c17940c1e32
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
07ebe81230 pinned now2026-11-15 04:39 UTC6 files · 24.9 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF
# manifest sha256 051e8461d2f9… · 24.9 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF.json --dir ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF ./lmstudio-community__Qwen3-8B-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF --revision 07ebe812301319d9947477e3a94ab8aa587bb3af --local-dir ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (Qwen3-8B-Q3_K_L, 4.43 GB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF --include "Qwen3-8B-Q3_K_L*" --local-dir ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF/Qwen3-8B-Q3_K_L.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./Qwen3-8B-GGUF/Qwen3-8B-Q3_K_L.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create qwen3-8b-gguf -f Modelfile
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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
Text sha256
3d0c8ba57ec94fcb223da25e8608989de1881e2c450502c215148c17940c1e32
Terms gate
No extra terms beyond 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: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.qwenSubject: Qwen3-8B-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: 07ebe81Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF
Pinned commit
07ebe812301319d9947477e3a94ab8aa587bb3af
Manifest
Qwen3-8B-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
051e8461d2f9f91a347d1f92f1cf28e02e9ebf73971acfaa1733f9eb20f302a2
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:39 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm Qwen3-8B-GGUF.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

Model tree

Parent

Qwen/Qwen3-8B · 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 lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF
Open in Freeweights Studio

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

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Qwen3-8B-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/Qwen3-8B-GGUF

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