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SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: fa57db4Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Video text to text model with 507M parameters. Safetensors weights, 1.02 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under Apache-2.0.

507M params1.02GBSmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlxsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams507MSize1.02 GBFormatssafetensorsTaskvideo text to textLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx
# manifest sha256 3c9c7becda90… · 1.02 GB · 14 files
$ fw verify ./SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx
From sourceHosted (signed)mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlxLast check: 2026-11-15 02:50 UTC
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Overview

Size
1.02 GB
Weights
1.02 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
507M
Formats
safetensors
Task
video text to text
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
14, each with a sha256
Publisher
mlx-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.smollm
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Base model: HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-360M-Instruct

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HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx#

This model was converted to MLX format from HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct using mlx-vlm version 0.1.13. Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.

Use with mlx#

pip install -U mlx-vlm
python -m mlx_vlm.generate --model mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx --image https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/bee.jpg --prompt "Can you describe this image?"

Files

14 files · 1.02 GBWeights 1.02 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
README.md898 B12d6cb437b591abd3cdd9142a4f1c2a8627d2abb37691c483fcfdcad1a95930e
added_tokens.json4.74 KB74135b8664b56088c0006f1c8e848d79a8eba003411f72ebf1dc2ee96227be3a
chat_template.json430 Bb585e3598909a5687f9f9d738d35223724dedef256b9b274e1cbfb32b13c74bf
config.json10.2 KB36159a671d8834df337219b588c03a1dde01e4b472f1e305746e837aaf75ec5d
merges.txt466 KB0b54e8aa4e53d5383e2e4bc635a56b43f9647f7b13832d5d9ecd8f82dac4f510
model.safetensors1.02 GBa9839c8f79ecc93e54a00dc73cc0e68ba477debcd065d50c1c289fbb1075f981
model.safetensors.index.json39.6 KB87dd860d59f2e9818f09bc6a844c22d5aa65d2a226656d89749952b12df4db38
preprocessor_config.json599 B149e315d9410368e5491455bb06e0f763426e9e56cca731c13b24404a29b6374
processor_config.json67 Bf3ad45028447b3562b4752be0d5916d6806c1ef589091a469608dcf0faa1737c
special_tokens_map.json868 B2dfea2a426162316ff1567c82bc6d36d9690cd9f90455f075c77daca78b45c60
tokenizer.json3.55 MB5ece781dc8d2b2f3e2f289ca0ae50b17cfc27dd27bfe7971bb8241e0b964331a
tokenizer_config.json28.6 KBdd9ce2ab89a3dd881bd9378f1a79b943a064b9275a7e1706d5b7b47b68977913
vocab.json801 KB82b84012e3add4d01d12ba14442026e49b8cbbaead1f79ecf3d919784f82dc79
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
fa57db4681 pinned now2026-11-15 02:50 UTC14 files · 1.02 GB

Use it

$ fw get mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx
# manifest sha256 3c9c7becda90… · 1.02 GB · 14 files
$ fw verify ./SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx.json --dir ./SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx $ python3 fw.py verify ./SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx ./mlx-community__SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx --revision fa57db46815177fbdfd65cc85a2b3416a8332268 --local-dir ./SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx
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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
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Provenance

From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.smollmSubject: SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlxDate: 2026-11-15Commit: fa57db4Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx
Pinned commit
fa57db46815177fbdfd65cc85a2b3416a8332268
Manifest
SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
3c9c7becda908b4969854f62c578baf48d0cb8b6583e536ac261a8981573baf7
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 02:50 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx.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

HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-360M-Instruct · this model is a finetune of it

No model in the catalog names this one as its parent.

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Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx
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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/mlx-community/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct-mlx

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