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SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: e54b91eSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text generation model. Gguf weights, 5.21 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under Apache-2.0.

smollm5.21GBSmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize5.21 GBFormatsggufTasktext generationLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF
# manifest sha256 22a4eab4a802… · 5.21 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 04:50 UTC
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Overview

Size
5.21 GB
Weights
933 MB (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.smollm
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Base model: HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct

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💫 Community Model> SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct by Huggingfacetb#

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Model creator: HuggingFaceTB

Original model: SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct

GGUF quantization: provided by bartowski based on llama.cpp release b3991

Technical Details#

SmolLM2 is a family of compact language models

Trained from a dataset of 11 trillion tokens

Supports up to 8192 tokens of context

Special thanks#

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

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Files

6 files · 5.21 GBWeights 933 MB (smallest of 4 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.79 KB0439e395eca6c3c76f524a52dad7e1c47013649489510f78dd109fa63fef3f18
README.md2.41 KB5d71416ecf5b38ac7fe0a2fa0319ea664529276e38dacdbda9d0a3186f89f8a0
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q3_K_L.gguf933 MBfc9e4d28102813196946f81dd38b589cc5b2035a6bd7e2b1aeb716880c04405a
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q4_K_M.gguf1.06 GB48db74b86a7e5f1d177f8efbf9929aa3e42bdb07bdc338c14a380a90cd98bde6
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q6_K.gguf1.41 GB56b606997af9c088479f89344746050baf49ae632b6e569a737e3c9d6f3c3e1d
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q8_0.gguf1.82 GB4d2396b16114669389d7555c15a1592aad584750310f648edad5ca8c4eccda17
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
e54b91ee75 pinned now2026-11-15 04:50 UTC6 files · 5.21 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF
# manifest sha256 22a4eab4a802… · 5.21 GB · 6 files
$ fw verify ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-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/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF.json --dir ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF ./lmstudio-community__SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF --revision e54b91ee756cb2d5fd8615757239acc89f88c7e0 --local-dir ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q3_K_L, 933 MB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF --include "SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q3_K_L*" --local-dir ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q3_K_L.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-Q3_K_L.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create smollm2-1.7b-instruct-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
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README.md
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Provenance

From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.smollmSubject: SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: e54b91eSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF
Pinned commit
e54b91ee756cb2d5fd8615757239acc89f88c7e0
Manifest
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
22a4eab4a8028bca40875eca4701a4674dd699aa12d2019d592df76673cb19ad
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:50 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-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

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HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct · this model is a quantization of it

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Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF
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Pull, verify and run it in the Allternit app on Desktop, web or phone.

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct-GGUF

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