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

csm-1b-8bit

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: fcf0cc8Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text to speech model with 1.6B parameters. Safetensors weights, 1.71 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under Apache-2.0.

1.6B params1.71GBcsm-1b-8bitsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams1.6BSize1.71 GBFormatssafetensorsTasktext to speechLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit
# manifest sha256 2812c193da0e… · 1.71 GB · 5 files
$ fw verify ./csm-1b-8bit mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit
From sourceHosted (signed)mlx-community/csm-1b-8bitLast check: 2026-11-15 03:24 UTC
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Overview

Size
1.71 GB
Weights
1.71 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
1.6B
Formats
safetensors
Task
text to speech
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
5, each with a sha256
Publisher
mlx-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.speech
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mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit#

This model was converted to MLX format from sesame/csm-1b using mlx-audio version 0.1.1. 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/csm-1b-8bit --text "Describe this image."

Files

5 files · 1.71 GBWeights 1.71 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
README.md577 Ba70c0b9886eade5f37d74f67e379191361a481c96227ff47591e727f07de1e9e
config.json67.4 KB149344a31d2c4e1a080ee7aac78540b65277d76abf354f7e5e6f3bb563989d1b
model.safetensors1.71 GBfe9dde645c89fa7c541a80f08679e38884c32f5921355e7921f61a93268f1193
model.safetensors.index.json37.3 KBf98c8c2b6dbcb795ad24da98f5ac367ff48a57ef42375b410ce7833b524cd97c
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
fcf0cc857e pinned now2026-11-15 03:24 UTC5 files · 1.71 GB

Use it

$ fw get mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit
# manifest sha256 2812c193da0e… · 1.71 GB · 5 files
$ fw verify ./csm-1b-8bit mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit.json --dir ./csm-1b-8bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./csm-1b-8bit ./mlx-community__csm-1b-8bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit --revision fcf0cc857eade3615a60f30722cf5197d4f88406 --local-dir ./csm-1b-8bit
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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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a70c0b9886eade5f37d74f67e379191361a481c96227ff47591e727f07de1e9e
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Provenance

From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject: csm-1b-8bitDate: 2026-11-15Commit: fcf0cc8Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit
Pinned commit
fcf0cc857eade3615a60f30722cf5197d4f88406
Manifest
csm-1b-8bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
2812c193da0eb8accb9124e1a0ecea9a66c54696e8d2b16803b86c3a8c0d804d
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 03:24 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm csm-1b-8bit.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

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$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit
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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. csm-1b-8bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/mlx-community/csm-1b-8bit

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