license: apache-2.0
base_model: Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
pipeline_tag: text-to-image
library_name: mlx-gen
tags:
- mlx
- mlx-gen
- mflux
- apple-silicon
- 8-bit
- z-image
z-image-8bit
This repository contains MLX-Gen saved weights for Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image. The checkpoint is designed for local Apple Silicon inference with mlx-gen.
It uses the mflux/MLX saved-weight layout and MLX quantization tensors. It is not a Diffusers or Transformers from_pretrained() checkpoint.
Source Model
Original model: Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image.
License and Access
This quantized derivative follows the Apache 2.0 license of the source model.
Quantization
This is an MLX q8 checkpoint. Quantizable modules are saved at 8-bit where the model layout supports MLX quantization; VAE weights and non-quantizable layers remain BF16.
Compatibility
Requires mlx-gen >= 0.18.2.
Generated with mlx-gen 0.18.2.
Use the mlxgen command and Python import path for new MLX-Gen projects.
Usage
python -m pip install -U mlx-gen
mlxgen download --model AbstractFramework/z-image-8bit
mlxgen generate \
--model AbstractFramework/z-image-8bit \
--prompt "Your prompt here" \
--steps 50 \
--guidance 4 \
--seed 42 \
--output image.png
Attribution
MLX-Gen is based on mflux by Filip Strand and the original mflux contributors. This model card is generated by MLX-Gen so derived checkpoints keep that attribution visible.
Quantized and contributed by @lpalbou.