---
license: mit
tags:
- fastflowlm
- npu2
- q4nx
---

# You can install this with PyPI

(recommended) `uv tool install flm-add`

`pip install flm-add`

Install a pre-converted FLM (Q4NX) model and register it with
FastFlowLM.
```
positional arguments:
  repo                  Hugging Face repo id (Org/Name), ModelScope id
                        (with --modelscope), URL, or local directory

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --tag TAG             Registry tag (default: derived from the repo
                        name, e.g. qwen3.5-claude:9b)
  --family FAMILY       details.family for engine dispatch (default:
                        from matching official entry)
  --config CONFIG       model_list.json to update (default:
                        $FLM_CONFIG_PATH or
                        ~/.config/flm/model_list.json)
  --models-root MODELS_ROOT
                        models directory (default: $FLM_MODEL_PATH or
                        ~/.config/flm/models)
  --xclbin-dir XCLBIN_DIR
                        user xclbins directory (default:
                        ~/.config/flm/xclbins)
  --xclbin-from XCLBIN_FROM
                        official model directory name to link xclbins
                        from (default: best match, e.g.
                        Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NPU2)
  --system-list SYSTEM_LIST
                        official model_list.json used for defaults
                        (default: auto-detect)
  --modelscope          Treat REPO as a ModelScope repo id
  --no-xclbin           Do not create the xclbins symlink
  --no-verify           Skip sha256 verification of downloads
  --force               Overwrite existing model files/links
  --dry-run             Print the plan and exit
  --quiet               Less output
```

Example:
```
$ flm-add Atomic-Germ/DynaGuard-4B-NPU2 --tag dynaguard:4b --family qwen3.5
[INFO] xclbins from official qwen3.5:4b
[INFO] Downloading model files from Hugging Face: Atomic-Germ/DynaGuard-4B-NPU2
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[INFO] Registered tag 'dynaguard:4b' in /home/atomic-germ/.config/flm/model_list.json
[INFO] Linked xclbins: /home/atomic-germ/.config/flm/xclbins/DynaGuard-4B-NPU2 -> /opt/fastflowlm/share/flm/xclbins/Qwen3.5-4B-NPU2

Done: DynaGuard-4B-NPU2 installed to /home/atomic-germ/.config/flm/models/DynaGuard-4B-NPU2
Run:  flm run dynaguard:4b   (or: flm serve dynaguard:4b)

FLM_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/.config/flm/model_list.json" FLM_XCLBIN_PATH="$HOME/.config/flm" flm run dynaguard:4b
```