---
license: apache-2.0
pipeline_tag: text-generation
library_name: mlx
base_model: 01-ai/Yi-Coder-9B-Chat
base_model_relation: quantized
quantized_by: Outlier-Ai
tags:
- 01-ai
- 4-bit
- 4bit
- apple-silicon
- chat
- code
- code-generation
- coding
- conversational
- edge-ai
- instruct
- local-llm
- m1
- m2
- m3
- m4
- mac
- mac-mini
- mac-studio
- macbook-air
- macbook-pro
- macos
- metal
- mlx
- mlx-community
- mlx-lm
- no-cloud
- offline
- on-device
- outlier
- outlier-app
- private
- private-ai
- quantized
- safetensors
- text-generation
- yi
- yi-coder
language:
- en
- zh
widget:
- example_title: Python prime check
  messages:
  - role: user
    content: Write a Python function that checks if a number is prime, with a short
      docstring and one edge case test.
- example_title: SQL join
  messages:
  - role: user
    content: Write a SQL query that returns the top 10 users by total purchase value
      in the last 90 days.
- example_title: Debug refactor
  messages:
  - role: user
    content: Refactor this for readability and flag one bug.
---
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# Yi-Coder-9B-Chat (MLX 4-bit)

MLX 4-bit conversion of [`01-ai/Yi-Coder-9B-Chat`](https://huggingface.co/01-ai/Yi-Coder-9B-Chat). License and base-model fields inherit from the original — see YAML frontmatter above.

## Load with mlx-lm

```bash
pip install mlx-lm
python -m mlx_lm.generate --model Outlier-Ai/Yi-Coder-9B-Chat-MLX-4bit --prompt "Hello" --max-tokens 256
```

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## License

Inherits from upstream (`apache-2.0`). See base model card.