Instructions to use LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit with MLX:
# Make sure mlx-lm is installed # pip install --upgrade mlx-lm # Generate text with mlx-lm from mlx_lm import load, generate model, tokenizer = load("LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit") prompt = "Write a story about Einstein" messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}] prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template( messages, add_generation_prompt=True ) text = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
- Pi
How to use LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit with Pi:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit"
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "mlx-lm": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- OpenClaw new
How to use LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit with OpenClaw:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit"
Configure OpenClaw
# Install OpenClaw: npm install -g openclaw@latest # Register the local server and set it as the default model: openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \ --auth-choice custom-api-key \ --custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \ --custom-model-id "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit" \ --custom-provider-id mlx-lm \ --custom-compatibility openai \ --custom-text-input \ --accept-risk \ --skip-health
Run OpenClaw
openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"
- MLX LM
How to use LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit with MLX LM:
Generate or start a chat session
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Interactive chat REPL mlx_lm.chat --model "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit"
Run an OpenAI-compatible server
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Start the server mlx_lm.server --model "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit" # Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"} ] }' - Hermes Agent
How to use LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit with Hermes Agent:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit"
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 LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit
Run Hermes
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library_name: mlx
license: other
license_name: lfm1.0
license_link: LICENSE
language:
- ar
- zh
- en
- fr
- de
- hi
- id
- it
- ja
- ko
- pl
- pt
- ru
- es
- th
- vi
pipeline_tag: text-generation
tags:
- liquid
- lfm2.5
- edge
- mlx
base_model: LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B
---
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# LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit
MLX export of [LFM2.5-2.6B](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B) for Apple Silicon inference.
LFM2.5-2.6B is a compact multilingual model built on LiquidAI's hybrid architecture, combining convolutional and attention layers for efficient long-context processing.
## Model Details
| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Parameters | 2.6B |
| Precision | 5-bit |
| Group Size | 64 |
| Size | 1.76 GB |
| Context Length | 131072 |
## Use with mlx
```bash
pip install mlx-lm
```
```python
from mlx_lm import load, generate
from mlx_lm.sample_utils import make_sampler
model, tokenizer = load("LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit")
response = generate(
model,
tokenizer,
prompt="The capital of France is",
max_tokens=100,
sampler=make_sampler(temp=0.7),
verbose=True,
)
```
## Other Precisions
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-bf16](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-bf16) (5.02 GB)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-8bit](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-8bit) (2.67 GB)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-6bit](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-6bit) (2.04 GB)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-5bit) (1.76 GB)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-4bit](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-4bit) (1.47 GB)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-mxfp8](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-mxfp8) (2.59 GB)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-mxfp4](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-mxfp4) (1.46 GB)
- [LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-nvfp4](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-nvfp4) (1.53 GB)
## License
This model is released under the [LFM 1.0 License](LICENSE).
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