alt.freeweights.smollm / SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
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SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: e10ff5aSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text generation model with 3.1B parameters. Safetensors weights, 2.52 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under Apache-2.0.

3.1B params2.52GBSmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bitsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams3.1BSize2.52 GBFormatssafetensorsTasktext generationLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
# manifest sha256 fbc23372a960… · 2.52 GB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bitLast check: 2026-11-15 05:22 UTC

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Quantized of SmolLM3-3B.

Works with

Overview

Size
2.52 GB
Weights
2.50 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
3.1B
Formats
safetensors
Task
text generation
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
10, each with a sha256
Publisher
lmstudio-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.smollm
Lineage

Original release from the publisher.

Base model: HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B

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Publisher at the pinned commit→You

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Model card

From the publisher at commit e10ff5a. Shown as plain text with links; images open at the publisher.

💫 Community Model> SmolLM3-3B by HuggingFaceTB#

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Model creator: HuggingFaceTB

Original model: SmolLM3-3B

MLX quantization: provided by LM Studio team using mlx_lm

Technical Details#

6-bit quantized version of SmolLM3-3B using MLX, optimized for Apple Silicon.

Special thanks#

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

Disclaimers#

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Files

10 files · 2.52 GBWeights 2.50 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.57 KB34448b82c17d60fec9b65b1f093c115ddbaadc04beb1b0140b6bfed2e012a930
README.md2.25 KB4d60b78b15e67fbd5d3665a416fbd31213a1e665f71c5366d6c735f41b7a4044
chat_template.jinja5.45 KB925f0abda99abd87857b2e49dc2fc0a453a958925c92c34c4fc57eb76c453d9a
config.json2.39 KB7bad869c699e81ab7521febef4d267c509b837d115760ca94e54c07ef01f9dd5
generation_config.json182 B3458d62b3f9654f4bbe285223b0f4e5a1e67cae61c92bb6aeaadf04468bf9e01
model.safetensors2.50 GBdb8f59aad52aed33a9eef9e1d577eaa3d4415e04f111f4c8ff76223a0033bfd4
model.safetensors.index.json58.8 KB447e868bd990cff2bf4912b75bd9c3a9626ad2801171e907b1af010c33cf84d3
special_tokens_map.json289 B12403efb970f069ba62ddf3b66166a27254be4a198166b61ad1ee604bd3a4515
tokenizer.json17.2 MB7b6a500b662a34eb3f0374db856ba4ad7de4c81040571d78dc0d357238930005
tokenizer_config.json50.4 KB16f30338b9776ade6f6f2b09422e650b052b7112f836bc005cd6eac89e6ec0dc
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
e10ff5ac20 pinned now2026-11-15 05:22 UTC10 files · 2.52 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
# manifest sha256 fbc23372a960… · 2.52 GB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit.json --dir ./SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit ./lmstudio-community__SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit --revision e10ff5ac20338ae381191e965d1ef5726ac3e9b5 --local-dir ./SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
transformersLoad the weights in Python.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit", revision="e10ff5ac20338ae381191e965d1ef5726ac3e9b5") model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit", revision="e10ff5ac20338ae381191e965d1ef5726ac3e9b5", device_map="auto")
vLLMServe an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit --revision e10ff5ac20338ae381191e965d1ef5726ac3e9b5

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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4d60b78b15e67fbd5d3665a416fbd31213a1e665f71c5366d6c735f41b7a4044
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Provenance

From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.smollmSubject: SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bitDate: 2026-11-15Commit: e10ff5aSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
Pinned commit
e10ff5ac20338ae381191e965d1ef5726ac3e9b5
Manifest
SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
fbc23372a960bac4aa7f1ebfe001ef67345c22a93e8bd2e2836feb4e5a1ab905
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 05:22 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit.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

HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B · 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/SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit
Open in Freeweights Studio

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

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. SmolLM3-3B-MLX-6bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
From: HuggingFaceTB <huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB>Subject: 135M-lc-100k-rope-12B
From: nisten <huggingface.co/nisten>Subject: Biggie-SmoLlm-0.4B
From: onnx-community <huggingface.co/onnx-community>Subject: Biggie-SmoLlm-0.4B-ONNX
From: unsloth <huggingface.co/unsloth>Subject: SmolLM-1.7B-bnb-4bit
From: unsloth <huggingface.co/unsloth>Subject: SmolLM-1.7B-Instruct
From: unsloth <huggingface.co/unsloth>Subject: SmolLM-135M-bnb-4bit