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 params 6.44 GB Dia-1.6B safetensors permissive Facts Params 1.6B Size 6.44 GB Formats safetensors Task text to speech License Apache-2.0 From sourcepermissive
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$ 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-1.6B Last check: 2026-11-15 03:36 UTC
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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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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.
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pip install -U mlx-audio Copy
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." Copy Files 4 files · 6.44 GB Weights 6.44 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 4 files with their sha256 File Size sha256 .gitattributes 1.52 KB 11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361 README.md 679 B 0b10be66c998478eb9abc27f43ab88166aeff600c351606c4a84db3349789297 config.json 1.01 KB 3158423f81a7a069e5f3a21bb5c63911e2a0740def5bd48ccf90d6d56a649d4d model.safetensors 6.44 GB 9c9b0b846a4a4a954a17a30f503579b77221a56250c3c39ae903838fe071f810
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Upstream commit Date Contents de4fa8c178 pinned now 2026-11-15 03:36 UTC 4 files · 6.44 GB
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$ fw get mlx-community/Dia-1.6B
# manifest sha256 d227e3f086e5… · 6.44 GB · 4 files
$ fw verify ./Dia-1.6B mlx-community/Dia-1.6Bfw.py Checks 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
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$ HF_ENDPOINT =https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/Dia-1.6B --revision de4fa8c178ca5cc4e9d884b55b03fcfaa0995162 --local-dir ./Dia-1.6B CopyLicense 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 Terms gate No extra terms beyond the license.
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Provenance From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject: Dia-1.6B Date: 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.
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$ minisign -Vm Dia-1.6B.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq
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87M params 693 MB ast-finetuned-audioset-10-10-0.4593 safetensors permissive Facts Params 87M Size 693 MB Formats safetensors Task audio classification License BSD-3-Clause From sourcepermissive flip From: MIT <huggingface.co/MIT> Subject: ast-finetuned-audioset-10-10-0.4593 speech 958 MB ast-finetuned-audioset-10-10-0.4593-ONNX onnx permissive Facts Params not stated Size 958 MB Formats onnx Task audio classification License BSD-3-Clause From sourcepermissive flip From: onnx-community <huggingface.co/onnx-community> Subject: ast-finetuned-audioset-10-10-0.4593-ONNX 601M params 2.57 GB Audio8-TTS-Preview-0.6b safetensors permissive Facts Params 601M Size 2.57 GB Formats safetensors Task text to speech License Apache-2.0 From sourcepermissive flip From: Edge0 <huggingface.co/Edge0> Subject: Audio8-TTS-Preview-0.6b 601M params 2.57 GB Audio8-TTS-Realistic-Air safetensors permissive Facts Params 601M Size 2.57 GB Formats safetensors Task text to speech License Apache-2.0 From sourcepermissive flip From: Edge0 <huggingface.co/Edge0> Subject: Audio8-TTS-Realistic-Air 104M params 831 MB audiobox-aesthetics safetensors permissive Facts Params 104M Size 831 MB Formats safetensors Task audio classification License CC-BY-4.0 From sourcepermissive flip From: facebook <huggingface.co/facebook> Subject: audiobox-aesthetics 693M params 612 MB chatterbox-4bit safetensors permissive Facts Params 693M Size 612 MB Formats safetensors Task text to speech License Apache-2.0 From sourcepermissive flip From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community> Subject: chatterbox-4bit