From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject:

Dia-1.6B

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: de4fa8cSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text to speech model with 1.6B parameters. Safetensors weights, 6.44 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under Apache-2.0.

1.6B params6.44GBDia-1.6Bsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams1.6BSize6.44 GBFormatssafetensorsTasktext to speechLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get mlx-community/Dia-1.6B
# manifest sha256 d227e3f086e5… · 6.44 GB · 4 files
$ fw verify ./Dia-1.6B mlx-community/Dia-1.6B
From sourceHosted (signed)mlx-community/Dia-1.6BLast check: 2026-11-15 03:36 UTC

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Overview

Size
6.44 GB
Weights
6.44 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
1.6B
Formats
safetensors
Task
text to speech
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
4, each with a sha256
Publisher
mlx-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.speech
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Original release from the publisher.

Base model: nari-labs/Dia-1.6B

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Publisher at the pinned commit→You

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From sourcehuggingface.co2026-11-15 03:36 UTCpassed

Model card

From the publisher at commit de4fa8c. Shown as plain text with links; images open at the publisher.

mlx-community/Dia-1.6B#

This model was converted to MLX format from nari-labs/Dia-1.6B using mlx-audio version 0.0.4. Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.

Use with mlx#

pip install -U mlx-audio
python -m mlx_audio.tts.generate --model mlx-community/Dia-1.6B \
--text "[S1] Dia is an open weights text to dialogue model. [S2] You get full control over scripts and voices. [S1] Wow. Amazing. (laughs) [S2] Try it now on Git hub or Hugging Face."

Files

4 files · 6.44 GBWeights 6.44 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 4 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
README.md679 B0b10be66c998478eb9abc27f43ab88166aeff600c351606c4a84db3349789297
config.json1.01 KB3158423f81a7a069e5f3a21bb5c63911e2a0740def5bd48ccf90d6d56a649d4d
model.safetensors6.44 GB9c9b0b846a4a4a954a17a30f503579b77221a56250c3c39ae903838fe071f810
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
de4fa8c178 pinned now2026-11-15 03:36 UTC4 files · 6.44 GB

Use it

$ fw get mlx-community/Dia-1.6B
# manifest sha256 d227e3f086e5… · 6.44 GB · 4 files
$ fw verify ./Dia-1.6B mlx-community/Dia-1.6B
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/Dia-1.6B.json --dir ./Dia-1.6B $ python3 fw.py verify ./Dia-1.6B ./mlx-community__Dia-1.6B.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/Dia-1.6B --revision de4fa8c178ca5cc4e9d884b55b03fcfaa0995162 --local-dir ./Dia-1.6B

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
Text sha256
0b10be66c998478eb9abc27f43ab88166aeff600c351606c4a84db3349789297
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Provenance

From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject: Dia-1.6BDate: 2026-11-15Commit: de4fa8cSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
mlx-community/Dia-1.6B
Pinned commit
de4fa8c178ca5cc4e9d884b55b03fcfaa0995162
Manifest
Dia-1.6B.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
d227e3f086e58b591627c48e2adf30dac340035d28cea655e01beab779ed9ad7
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 03:36 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/Dia-1.6B.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/Dia-1.6B.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm Dia-1.6B.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

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Parent

nari-labs/Dia-1.6B · this model is a finetune of it

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

Get it
Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/Dia-1.6B
Open in Freeweights Studio

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

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Dia-1.6B.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
From: MIT <huggingface.co/MIT>Subject: ast-finetuned-audioset-10-10-0.4593
From: onnx-community <huggingface.co/onnx-community>Subject: ast-finetuned-audioset-10-10-0.4593-ONNX
From: Edge0 <huggingface.co/Edge0>Subject: Audio8-TTS-Preview-0.6b
From: Edge0 <huggingface.co/Edge0>Subject: Audio8-TTS-Realistic-Air
From: facebook <huggingface.co/facebook>Subject: audiobox-aesthetics
From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Subject: chatterbox-4bit