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SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 72e9860Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Model. Gguf weights, 1.57 GB in all. Published by ggml-org under Apache-2.0.

smollm1.57GBSmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize1.57 GBFormatsggufTasknot taggedLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF
# manifest sha256 9c0aa2c51d59… · 1.57 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 04:38 UTC
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Size
1.57 GB
Weights
437 MB (smallest of 2 GGUF variants)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
not tagged
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
6, each with a sha256
Publisher
ggml-org
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.smollm
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Base model: HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct

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SmolVLM-500M-Instruct#

Original model: https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct

For more info, please refer to this PR: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/13050

Files

6 files · 1.57 GBWeights 437 MB (smallest of 2 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.80 KB2a66b6e2c3eb20c9728382850391a94f751046238c189e7fa614f88ff5df1371
README.md268 B39541291e1d9b4fb82db1c1709024f700c9cd8cd79eb1e07c5351f1c958cf106
SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-Q8_0.gguf437 MB9d4612de6a42214499e301494a3ecc2be0abdd9de44e663bda63f1152fad1bf4
SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-f16.gguf820 MB26c2ee46ef9f8472b3d305a71703153a55f4f2c3baaa12ff5feb566fddb65343
mmproj-SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-Q8_0.gguf109 MBd1eb8b6b23979205fdf63703ed10f788131a3f812c7b1f72e0119d5d81295150
mmproj-SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-f16.gguf199 MB4b2fca922e549e9b9608f4ba56f93565dd5220e935ba5570a2a864a0fcc988a6
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
72e986006e pinned now2026-11-15 04:38 UTC6 files · 1.57 GB

Use it

$ fw get ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF
# manifest sha256 9c0aa2c51d59… · 1.57 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF.json --dir ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF ./ggml-org__SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF --revision 72e986006ef53e37cdd3f6d4241c90b0f01df376 --local-dir ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-Q8_0, 437 MB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF --include "SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-Q8_0*" --local-dir ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-Q8_0.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-Q8_0.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create smolvlm-500m-instruct-gguf -f Modelfile
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License

Name
Apache License 2.0
Id
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive
Redistribution
yes
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License as declared by the publisher. No person read it. 2026-11-15
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README.md
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39541291e1d9b4fb82db1c1709024f700c9cd8cd79eb1e07c5351f1c958cf106
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Provenance

From: ggml-org <huggingface.co/ggml-org>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.smollmSubject: SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: 72e9860Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF
Pinned commit
72e986006ef53e37cdd3f6d4241c90b0f01df376
Manifest
SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
9c0aa2c51d595132e3ed6572c6ffab2956f5e04fb1cedb289493faa066de2331
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:38 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

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HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct · this model is a quantization of it

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Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF
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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/ggml-org/SmolVLM-500M-Instruct-GGUF

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