From: intel <github.com/intel>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject:

AutoRound

Release: v0.16.1 (2026-10-16)Commit: d72868dLicense: Apache-2.0

Low-bit weight quantization of language and vision-language models, exporting GGUF and other formats.

quantization and conversionv0.16.1releaseAutoRoundPythonApache-2.0
FactsLicenseApache-2.0LanguagePythonKindquantization and conversionRelease2026-10-16PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsLinks to the projectpermissive
$ pip install auto-round

Overview

Low-bit weight quantization of language and vision-language models, exporting GGUF and other formats.

Kind
quantization and conversion
License
Apache-2.0
Language
Python
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows
Latest release
v0.16.1 (2026-10-16)
Repository
intel/auto-round
Topicsdiffusersggufint4llmsmxfp4nvfp4omniquantizationroundingsglangtransformersvllm

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

Install

$ pip install auto-round
$ pip install auto-round

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

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
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive

Read the license

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

Provenance

From: intel <github.com/intel>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject: AutoRoundRelease: v0.16.1 (2026-10-16)Commit: d72868dLicense: Apache-2.0
Repository
intel/auto-round
Pinned release
v0.16.1, 2026-10-16
Release commit
d72868d5f7ff47ab398a688fdc5a7c4a53f88240
Default branch
main 42db5d3ae52de359d0edf9abf822f701c679088e
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