Instructions to use NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf", trust_remote_code=True)
messages = [
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": [
            {"type": "image", "url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/p-blog/candy.JPG"},
            {"type": "text", "text": "What animal is on the candy?"}
        ]
    },
]
pipe(text=messages)

# Load model directly
from transformers import Moondream3ForConditonalGeneration
model = Moondream3ForConditonalGeneration.from_pretrained("NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf", trust_remote_code=True, dtype="auto")

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

vLLM

How to use NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": [
					{
						"type": "text",
						"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
					},
					{
						"type": "image_url",
						"image_url": {
							"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf

SGLang

How to use NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf with SGLang:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install SGLang from pip:
pip install sglang
# Start the SGLang server:
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path "NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf" \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": [
					{
						"type": "text",
						"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
					},
					{
						"type": "image_url",
						"image_url": {
							"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker images

docker run --gpus all \
    --shm-size 32g \
    -p 30000:30000 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \
    --ipc=host \
    lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
    python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
        --model-path "NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf" \
        --host 0.0.0.0 \
        --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": [
					{
						"type": "text",
						"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
					},
					{
						"type": "image_url",
						"image_url": {
							"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Docker Model Runner
How to use NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/NyxKrage/moondream3-preview-hf
```

Turn off hardcoded debug

by CalamitousFelicitousness - opened Dec 1, 2025

base: refs/heads/main

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CalamitousFelicitousness

Dec 1, 2025

It's probably not necessary to force debug output on, especially that it needs the dbg folder to be created ahead of time or it will cause a RuntimeError.

Turn off hardcoded debug772c6e8f

NyxKrage

Owner Dec 3, 2025

Oh thanks, good catch, I accidentally pushed up the wrong worktree, while I was debugging some precision errors, but that code has more wrong with it than just the debug paths.
I've pushed up the correct code now.

NyxKrage changed pull request status to closed Dec 3, 2025

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