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From: bartowski <huggingface.co/bartowski>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.textSubject:

Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 01e1b7cSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Image text to text model. Gguf weights, 480 GB in all. Published by bartowski under Apache-2.0.

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$ fw get bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF
# manifest sha256 b4a12d7d9581… · 480 GB · 35 files
$ fw verify ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 04:41 UTC

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Quantized of Muse-Glimmer-30B.

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Overview

Size
480 GB
Weights
13.4 MB (smallest of 30 GGUF variants)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
image text to text
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
35, each with a sha256
Publisher
bartowski
Added
2026-11-15
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Base model: meta-models/Muse-Glimmer-30B

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Llamacpp imatrix Quantizations of Muse-Glimmer-30B by meta-models#

Using llama.cpp commit 62bf73d25c53 for quantization.

Original model: https://huggingface.co/meta-models/Muse-Glimmer-30B

Model details:

  • Parameter count: 30B
  • Input support: text, image (with mmproj file) - details
  • MTP: yes - details
  • imatrix: yes - details

How to run

Prompt format#

<|begin_of_text|><|start|>system<|message|>{system_prompt}

Reasoning strength: high.

# Valid recipients: "self", "user".<|eot|><|start|>user<|message|>{prompt}<|eot|><|start|>assistant

Don't know which to choose? Grab Q4_K_M (17.31GB) - usually a good mix of size and performance. Download instructions available here

Available files:#

FilenameQuant typeFile SizeSplitDescription
Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16.ggufbf1655.73GBtrueFull BF16 weights.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q8_0.ggufQ8_029.61GBfalseExtremely high quality, generally unneeded but max available quant.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q6_K_L.ggufQ6_K_L24.07GBfalseUses Q8_0 for embed and output weights. Very high quality, near perfect, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q6_K.ggufQ6_K23.41GBfalseVery high quality, near perfect, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q5_K_L.ggufQ5_K_L20.94GBfalseUses Q8_0 for embed and output weights. High quality, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q5_K_M.ggufQ5_K_M20.11GBfalseHigh quality, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q5_K_S.ggufQ5_K_S19.44GBfalseHigh quality, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_L.ggufQ4_K_L18.30GBfalseUses Q8_0 for embed and output weights. Good quality, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_1.ggufQ4_117.83GBfalseLegacy format, similar performance to Q4_K_S but with improved tokens/watt on Apple silicon.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_M.ggufQ4_K_M17.31GBfalseGood quality, default size for most use cases, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_S.ggufQ4_K_S16.32GBfalseSlightly lower quality with more space savings, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_0.ggufQ4_016.27GBfalseLegacy format, kept for compatibility with older tools.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ4_NL.ggufIQ4_NL16.24GBfalseSimilar to IQ4_XS, but slightly larger.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_XL.ggufQ3_K_XL15.96GBfalseUses Q8_0 for embed and output weights. Lower quality but usable, good for low RAM availability.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ4_XS.ggufIQ4_XS15.44GBfalseDecent quality, smaller than Q4_K_S with similar performance, recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_L.ggufQ3_K_L14.78GBfalseLower quality but usable, good for low RAM availability.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_M.ggufQ3_K_M13.96GBfalseLow quality.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ3_M.ggufIQ3_M13.11GBfalseMedium-low quality, new method with decent performance comparable to Q3_K_M.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_S.ggufQ3_K_S12.79GBfalseLow quality, not recommended.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q2_K_L.ggufQ2_K_L12.35GBfalseUses Q8_0 for embed and output weights. Very low quality but surprisingly usable.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ3_XS.ggufIQ3_XS12.32GBfalseLower quality, new method with decent performance, slightly better than Q3_K_S.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ3_XXS.ggufIQ3_XXS11.55GBfalseLower quality, new method with decent performance, comparable to Q3 quants.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q2_K.ggufQ2_K11.04GBfalseVery low quality but surprisingly usable.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_M.ggufIQ2_M10.66GBfalseRelatively low quality, uses SOTA techniques to be surprisingly usable.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_S.ggufIQ2_S10.04GBfalseLow quality, uses SOTA techniques to be usable.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_XS.ggufIQ2_XS9.58GBfalseLow quality, uses SOTA techniques to be usable.
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_XXS.ggufIQ2_XXS8.92GBfalseVery low quality, uses SOTA techniques to be usable.

Download a specific file:

hf download bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF --include "Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_M.gguf" --local-dir ./

Downloading using the Hugging Face CLI#

Click to view download instructions

First, make sure you have the Hugging Face CLI installed:

pip install -U "huggingface_hub[cli]"

Download a specific file:

hf download bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF --include "Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_M.gguf" --local-dir ./

The files marked true in the Split column above are stored as multiple parts in a folder. To download all the parts to a local folder, run:

hf download bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF --include "Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16/*" --local-dir ./

You can either specify a new local-dir (Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16) or download them all in place (./)

How to run#

These quants run with llama.cpp - installable in one line via llama.app:

curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
llama-server -hf bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

llama-server includes a built-in chat web UI, served at http://localhost:8080 by default.

These quants were made from llama.cpp commit 62bf73d25c53 - this model's architecture may be newly supported, so you'll need a build from that commit or a later release to run them.

They also work in: LM Studio · koboldcpp · ramalama · Jan AI · Text Generation Web UI · LoLLMs · Atomic Chat

Multimodal#

This model supports image input. Alongside the quants, this repo includes the multimodal projector files mmproj-Muse-Glimmer-30B-f16.gguf and mmproj-Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16.gguf, which pair with any quant above.

llama.cpp downloads the mmproj automatically when using -hf as shown above; if you're loading files manually, pass it with --mmproj.

MTP (DFlash)#

This model has a DFlash draft model. These are not included in the quants themselves - they are provided as separate files in this repo: dflash-Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_0.gguf and dflash-Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q8_0.gguf

DFlash acts as a draft model, letting llama.cpp run speculative decoding for faster generation. To use it, add the following flag to your llama.cpp command:

--spec-type draft-dflash

When running with -hf as shown above, llama.cpp should download the DFlash file automatically alongside the model. If you're downloading files manually instead, also grab the dspark file and pass it with -md /path/to/dflash-Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_0.gguf.

imatrix#

All quants made using imatrix option with dataset from here. The imatrix is available here: Muse-Glimmer-30B-imatrix.gguf.

Embed/output weights#

Some of these quants (Q3_K_XL, Q4_K_L etc) are the standard quantization method with the embeddings and output weights quantized to Q8_0 instead of what they would normally default to.

ARM/AVX information#

llama.cpp automatically "repacks" weights into an interleaved layout at load time for faster inference on ARM and AVX machines - details in this PR. This once required downloading special Q4_0_4_4/4_8/8_8 files; those are long gone. Online repacking now covers Q4_0, IQ4_NL, and most K-quants, so no special quant choice is needed for CPU inference.

Which file should I choose?#

Click here for details

An older (early 2024) but still useful write-up with charts comparing quant performances is provided by Artefact2 here

The first thing to figure out is how big a model you can run. To do this, you'll need to figure out how much RAM and/or VRAM you have.

If you want your model running as FAST as possible, you'll want to fit the whole thing on your GPU's VRAM. Aim for a quant with a file size 1-2GB smaller than your GPU's total VRAM.

If you want the absolute maximum quality, add both your system RAM and your GPU's VRAM together, then similarly grab a quant with a file size 1-2GB Smaller than that total.

Hugging Face can also do this math for you: add your hardware in your Local Apps settings and the model page will show which files fit.

Next, you'll need to decide if you want to use an 'I-quant' or a 'K-quant'.

If you don't want to think too much, grab one of the K-quants. These are in format 'QX_K_X', like Q5_K_M.

If you want to get more into the weeds, you can check out this extremely useful feature chart:

llama.cpp feature matrix

But basically, if you're aiming for below Q4, and you're running cuBLAS (Nvidia) or rocBLAS (AMD), you should look towards the I-quants. These are in format IQX_X, like IQ3_M. These are newer and offer better performance for their size.

These I-quants can also be used on CPU, but will be slower than their K-quant equivalent, so speed vs performance is a tradeoff you'll have to decide.

Credits#

Thank you kalomaze and Dampf for assistance in creating the imatrix calibration dataset.

Thank you ZeroWw for the inspiration to experiment with embed/output.

Want to support my work? Visit my ko-fi page here: https://ko-fi.com/bartowski

Files

35 files · 480 GBWeights 13.4 MB (smallest of 30 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes3.74 KB98285841a51758ca1e55f72271be52bf72e181caa1813ff9c712158418dbf112
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_M.gguf10.7 GB67a24245fb600a01668163b7afb5287c0413eff21f326b482da45b8fa0727e7d
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_S.gguf10.0 GB0b90658c21b28cecc6ae636e605e63f0128c0d9767d8f6fc6a38e30263d8b50b
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_XS.gguf9.58 GB8091b165a8b55a1480ba1bf28488046d9de09e774c6a8a5c538773a073f64eaf
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ2_XXS.gguf8.92 GB88c81796351de47a21c67c8089c2a2111e160a96da8266b413d4fc8afbad89d8
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ3_M.gguf13.1 GBbc867ee4fc139be474cc4e6c1794ac584507ec510bcfdefe9772a61779181b6f
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ3_XS.gguf12.3 GB35b02cd38f9b34ec6f8caa0f7e0b78ba6f58c876276bfeceebef84fb2d460b87
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ3_XXS.gguf11.5 GBbc489d8df5a3bdf85ef200bd1dcec9a436290502354810163549cac328dac90a
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ4_NL.gguf16.2 GB8ccfdf140472a18928bb867e05f69c215fb7eb6e9c16a212b0ffa76f2eb023e0
Muse-Glimmer-30B-IQ4_XS.gguf15.4 GBb3c03d94c007ae487fd5259b340ad23286190b62b0d4d452f06bc1cf8840a7da
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q2_K.gguf11.0 GBaf4b15f0f3268d23e0f48f796a4ab563454b9cf8bab60d2bbe251b314b342fb5
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q2_K_L.gguf12.3 GBb4abbaaa9d582bc1a75f63b73c04ce51db03a9016c22ddc7b1402350c44e1f55
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_L.gguf14.8 GB43a26da94c1df72d5fd2f6edf9136c06b0acdc43a86fa5acfaf2b220c45c9916
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_M.gguf14.0 GBde551709c7977735a4012323b82ba34a5756127c6b03a730753a37a318f02872
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_S.gguf12.8 GB1466205e255af9f7d13eecc4a9d392e7a674d03ee19f60640d56dee76e2460e7
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q3_K_XL.gguf16.0 GBb747e9b261591bc2e4dfef216c9c27333d730e8cf58902f45362934fff1bf12d
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_0.gguf16.3 GB95fd818c08f2030a51805548269690e1915fc84088e4322273c5f317e2696999
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_1.gguf17.8 GB91dbd9bfd1458aa6d94e38e908fa1e320fae737955f045850fc8aa72acc462e4
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_L.gguf18.3 GBc4f08081d05e0fabc5e48b3309998a73b0dfb811765d960b540926e3ab411f4b
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_M.gguf17.3 GB0d3fc85f61d10fdc84072f0bba6005d61c1ac5605a2627b0fd5ea4ff8194c384
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_K_S.gguf16.3 GB1d80ea8cc0c195ad357f88e7e4fb4d95b907168688087cfb8e1cc92caef2bdde
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q5_K_L.gguf20.9 GB9c46396848f82de76cd5b45ca052d218d20e0c56fb1e47db8243e58bf38d20f1
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q5_K_M.gguf20.1 GBab27b43f9c6af4a0fbb3359aba06b030837526a3e24fd24a64468040e196ecb2
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q5_K_S.gguf19.4 GB0c89eb14e704832ae8ce9e992e563de794f0700de3a2c8a50d2918a851581452
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q6_K.gguf23.4 GB7746e3dafcece07236a3826c8c3ee149a682d6f7fc9f0da9e24a4e481ccdb0bc
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q6_K_L.gguf24.1 GB7e799aa9fec19af01161bb06bd7907db54d11f482ca1ab7f72a2d022cf3ccf87
Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q8_0.gguf29.6 GB5425d1755c977c103c9134dc182f63e2eaa12365d90f59bc7f1c12f9d7e7307d
Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16/Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16-00001-of-00002.gguf39.8 GBbee9afa70ebaa476b07abaebd4376a37c8b5c4d33fbed7e39bda4e43e0477860
Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16/Muse-Glimmer-30B-bf16-00002-of-00002.gguf16.0 GBe7bc887eec50cd0a77f1888c4110b17602193cb073e40c9e73df2648c4ff3d16
Muse-Glimmer-30B-imatrix.gguf13.4 MB31c5d105b701a3c4db9ac1f597a9aa93d58107184df6d3a2f9d369e054ff7dfd
README.md13.3 KBafa9d6e47b9dfb3d465bb71dabca602172e59e408fcbb2f24140cadde804d249
dflash-Muse-Glimmer-30B-Q4_0.gguf1.45 GB5815f3918ba4ef81f0c32cdd49fea04c141919245eac22ba028bec57ed198ba3
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VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
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01e1b7c30e pinned now2026-11-15 04:41 UTC35 files · 480 GB

Use it

$ fw get bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF
# manifest sha256 b4a12d7d9581… · 480 GB · 35 files
$ fw verify ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF.json --dir ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF ./bartowski__Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF --revision 01e1b7c30e19e1823ee9a73dec51d12f59ec4857 --local-dir ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (Muse-Glimmer-30B-imatrix, 13.4 MB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF --include "Muse-Glimmer-30B-imatrix*" --local-dir ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF/Muse-Glimmer-30B-imatrix.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF/Muse-Glimmer-30B-imatrix.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create muse-glimmer-30b-gguf -f Modelfile

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From: bartowski <huggingface.co/bartowski>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.textSubject: Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: 01e1b7cSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
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bartowski/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF
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Manifest
Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF.json · .minisig
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b4a12d7d9581cc048610b22f7751433dbdcceae10bae3a1404d7face3efa83a5
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minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
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