From: arcee-ai <github.com/arcee-ai>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject:

mergekit

Release: v0.1.5 (2026-10-20)Commit: c91c787License: LGPL-3.0

Merges pretrained language models by weight arithmetic, SLERP, TIES and other methods.

quantization and conversionv0.1.5releasemergekitPythonLGPL-3.0
FactsLicenseLGPL-3.0LanguagePythonKindquantization and conversionRelease2026-10-20PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsLinks to the projectcopyleft
$ pip install -e .
# use with Freeweights
$ mergekit-yaml config.yml ./merged

Overview

Merges pretrained language models by weight arithmetic, SLERP, TIES and other methods.

Kind
quantization and conversion
License
LGPL-3.0
Language
Python
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows
Latest release
v0.1.5 (2026-10-20)
Repository
arcee-ai/mergekit
Topicsllamallmmodel-merging

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Install

$ pip install -e .
# use with Freeweights
$ mergekit-yaml config.yml ./merged
$ pip install -e .

Checked against the project's README on 2026-11-14. The project's own instructions win when they differ: install docs

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Use with Freeweights

Convert a catalog model
$ mergekit-yaml config.yml ./merged

Download the weights from Freeweights first (HF_ENDPOINT or fw.py), then point the tool at the folder.

Catalog models it can run (3137)

and 3077 more.

License

License
LGPL-3.0
Class
Copyleft (GPL)

Read the license

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Provenance

From: arcee-ai <github.com/arcee-ai>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject: mergekitRelease: v0.1.5 (2026-10-20)Commit: c91c787License: LGPL-3.0
Repository
arcee-ai/mergekit
Pinned release
v0.1.5, 2026-10-20
Release commit
c91c787ff9293bda5d67bf59942700204f7ac2ba
Default branch
main 0f1423ecf0f06f46f17b045b333b6c445705390e
Fetched
2026-11-14
Takedowns
None.

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Works with

3137 catalog models. See the list