Instructions to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with llama-cpp-python:

# !pip install llama-cpp-python

from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama.from_pretrained(
	repo_id="DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF",
	filename="Phi-4-mini-instruct-IQ1_S.gguf",
)

llm.create_chat_completion(
	messages = [
		{
			"role": "user",
			"content": "What is the capital of France?"
		}
	]
)

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

llama.cpp

How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with llama.cpp:

Install from brew

brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Install from WinGet (Windows)

winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Use pre-built binary

# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Build from source code

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

LM Studio
Jan

vLLM

How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Ollama
How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with Ollama:
```
ollama run hf.co/DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```

Unsloth Studio new

How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with Unsloth Studio:

Install Unsloth Studio (macOS, Linux, WSL)

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF to start chatting

Install Unsloth Studio (Windows)

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF to start chatting

Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth

# No setup required
# Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser
# Search for DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF to start chatting

Pi new

How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with Pi:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "llama-cpp": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent new

How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with Hermes Agent:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Configure Hermes

# Install Hermes:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
# Point Hermes at the local server:
hermes config set model.provider custom
hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
hermes config set model.default DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Run Hermes

hermes

Docker Model Runner
How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```

Lemonade

How to use DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF with Lemonade:

Pull the model

# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Run and chat with the model

lemonade run user.Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF-Q4_K_M

List all available models

lemonade list

Phi-4-mini-instruct — GGUF Quants

Quantized GGUF versions of Microsoft's Phi-4-mini-instruct — a highly capable 3.8B parameter dense decoder-only model with 128K context, trained on 5 trillion tokens of curated data.

Phi-4-mini consistently punches above its weight class across reasoning, math, and instruction-following benchmarks despite its compact size — an ideal choice for local deployment on hardware with 4-8GB VRAM.

Available Files

File	Quant	Size	Use Case
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-Q8_0.gguf`	Q8_0	~3.9GB	Maximum quality
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-Q6_K.gguf`	Q6_K	~3.0GB	Near-lossless
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf`	Q5_K_M	~2.7GB	High quality
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-Q4_K_M.gguf`	Q4_K_M	~2.4GB	Recommended default
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-Q3_K_M.gguf`	Q3_K_M	~2.0GB	Low VRAM
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-IQ4_XS.gguf`	IQ4_XS	~2.1GB	Imatrix 4-bit
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-IQ3_XXS.gguf`	IQ3_XXS	~1.6GB	Imatrix 3-bit
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-IQ2_M.gguf`	IQ2_M	~1.5GB	Imatrix 2-bit
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-IQ1_S.gguf`	IQ1_S	~1.1GB	Extreme compression
`Phi-4-mini-instruct-fp16.gguf`	FP16	~7.2GB	Full precision
`imatrix.dat`	—	—	Importance matrix

Usage

# llama.cpp
./llama-cli -m Phi-4-mini-instruct-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --ctx-size 8192 -n 512 \
  -p "<|system|>You are a helpful assistant.<|end|><|user|>Hello!<|end|><|assistant|>"

# Ollama
ollama run hf.co/DuoNeural/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

About Phi-4-mini

Parameters: 3.8B
Context: 128K tokens
Architecture: Dense decoder-only transformer
Training: 5T tokens of curated synthetic + web data
Strengths: Math reasoning, coding, instruction following at minimal VRAM footprint

Ideal for: Raspberry Pi 5, older laptops, mobile-class GPUs (GTX 1060/1070), CPU-only inference.

Quantized by DuoNeural using llama.cpp on RTX 5090.

DuoNeural

DuoNeural is an open AI research lab — human + AI in collaboration.

Platform	Link
HuggingFace	huggingface.co/DuoNeural
Website	duoneural.com
GitHub	github.com/DuoNeural
X / Twitter	@DuoNeural
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Support	buymeacoffee.com/duoneural

DuoNeural Research Publications

Title	DOI
Nano-CTM: Ternary Continuous Thought Machines with Thought-Space Self-Prediction for Efficient Reasoning	10.5281/zenodo.19775622
Recurrence as World Model: CTM Learns Implicit Belief States in Partially Observable Environments	10.5281/zenodo.19810620
Per-Object Slot Decomposition for Scalable Neural World Modeling	10.5281/zenodo.19846804
The Dynamical Horizon Principle: CTM Gates Converge to the Predictability Limit of Dynamical Systems	10.5281/zenodo.19952612

Open access, CC BY 4.0. Authored by Archon, Jesse Caldwell, Aura — DuoNeural.

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