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Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit

Date: 2026-11-14Commit: 241ebb5Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Image text to text model with 27.4B parameters. Safetensors weights, 29.5 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under Apache-2.0.

27.4B params29.5GBQwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bitsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams27.4BSize29.5 GBFormatssafetensorsTaskimage text to textLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
# manifest sha256 af9366cc43dc… · 29.5 GB · 18 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bitLast check: 2026-11-14 21:29 UTC
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Quantized of Qwen3.8-27B.

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Overview

Size
29.5 GB
Weights
29.5 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
27.4B
Formats
safetensors
Task
image text to text
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
18, each with a sha256
Publisher
lmstudio-community
Added
2026-11-14
Section
alt.freeweights.qwen
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Base model: Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B

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💫 Community Model> Qwen3.8-27B by Qwen#

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Model creator: Qwen

Original model: Qwen3.8-27B

MLX quantization: provided by LM Studio team using mlx_vlm

Technical Details#

8-bit quantized version of Qwen3.8-27B using MLX, optimized for Apple Silicon.

Special thanks#

🙏 Special thanks to the Apple Machine Learning Research team for creating MLX.

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Files

18 files · 29.5 GBWeights 29.5 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes1.57 KB34448b82c17d60fec9b65b1f093c115ddbaadc04beb1b0140b6bfed2e012a930
README.md2.19 KBd0be06349900fedad98552d94b26f1e632f05a2692cc42ae9d1383396f121cdf
chat_template.jinja8.95 KBc3cf9e34abf4f9e36c2d72165aa9c132d3e2a725b6c2586aaa3a8af9d7a81041
config.json4.93 KB8f80874ac3ad8fa386d3f6dc0ea85377f703376e009a03dee0360e08e289a25d
generation_config.json202 Be70c136c1b78ddc1fb0905bac8e733a4dc448d4f852a5dd75143fffc70be550e
model-00001-of-00006.safetensors5.32 GB3c3d6deff4781c0711214c280e668f0155ba136e8e17f3155b984382a1250877
model-00002-of-00006.safetensors5.35 GB5dd5601bf5dcf0679fcdba304a4467626b210e0057629f2af26a6e19a0ff40a4
model-00003-of-00006.safetensors5.35 GB5aca5f1e57b377e393a3e933ece537e854ddbbdf73f9e158e8785524eb2819cf
model-00004-of-00006.safetensors5.34 GBbb3d3899678584eddcf13a8559b83c2235b64c0c437e7c2abb032b79dd8b427f
model-00005-of-00006.safetensors5.29 GBc23e65a3cedabaa241d67de310a8ca55f114048c098b944f9bd6e3c3d323e7a2
model-00006-of-00006.safetensors2.85 GB63c7535a9e63cb4b830bd62bc0cfe7df683c71f0537bc1156af0a34d60ce2814
model.safetensors.index.json218 KB4301ca600788afb2a45c0aa367140d6144ecf617d0a51a8187fc6755d65301f8
preprocessor_config.json390 B27225450ac9c6529872ee1924fcb0962ff5634834f817040f444118116f4e516
processor_config.json991 B45fc17c8dd2474af6b493b52483c26c0584b0082d368c480f9fa611e73070040
tokenizer.json20.0 MB06b9509352d2af50381ab2247e083b80d32d5c0aba91c272ca9ff729b6a0e523
tokenizer_config.json10.4 KB47a7a8371379b07650b22f3c8a78c32fed85c4e35ea88e3da0c4b7a7611e8082
video_preprocessor_config.json385 B7768af27c1fafa9cc9011c1dc20067e03f8915e03b63504550e11d5066986d13
vocab.json6.72 MBce99b4cb2983d118806ce0a8b777a35b093e2000a503ebde25853284c9dfa003
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
241ebb5f1d pinned now manifest updated, same commit2026-11-14 21:29 UTC18 files · 29.5 GB
241ebb5f1d2026-11-14 21:29 UTC18 files · 29.5 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
# manifest sha256 af9366cc43dc… · 29.5 GB · 18 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit.json --dir ./Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit ./lmstudio-community__Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit --revision 241ebb5f1d60b122fd653da658836a55feb9e2b0 --local-dir ./Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
transformersLoad the weights in Python.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import AutoModelForImageTextToText, AutoProcessor processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit", revision="241ebb5f1d60b122fd653da658836a55feb9e2b0") model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit", revision="241ebb5f1d60b122fd653da658836a55feb9e2b0", device_map="auto")
vLLMServe an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit --revision 241ebb5f1d60b122fd653da658836a55feb9e2b0
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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. 2026-11-14
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README.md
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Provenance

From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.qwenSubject: Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bitDate: 2026-11-14Commit: 241ebb5Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
Pinned commit
241ebb5f1d60b122fd653da658836a55feb9e2b0
Manifest
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
af9366cc43dcbe0b6ed2cd14381b350fa1c6772f506d30c73375ac0a8face633
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-14 21:29 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit.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

Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B · 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/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
Open in Freeweights Studio

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

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit

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