Instructions to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B with Transformers:

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

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B")
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)

# pip install -U transformers accelerate
# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoProcessor, AutoModelForMultimodalLM

processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B")
model = AutoModelForMultimodalLM.from_pretrained("fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B", device_map="auto")
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?"}
        ]
    },
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
	messages,
	add_generation_prompt=True,
	tokenize=True,
	return_dict=True,
	return_tensors="pt",
).to(model.device)

outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=256)
print(processor.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:]))

MLX

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B 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("fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B")

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

vLLM

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B

SGLang

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B 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 "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B" \
    --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": "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

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 "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B" \
        --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": "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B with Pi:

Start the MLX server

# Install MLX LM:
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
mlx_lm.server --model "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B"

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "mlx-lm": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

MLX LM

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B with MLX LM:

Generate or start a chat session

# Install MLX LM
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Interactive chat REPL
mlx_lm.chat --model "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B"

Run an OpenAI-compatible server

# Install MLX LM
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start the server
mlx_lm.server --model "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B"
# Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "model": "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B",
     "messages": [
       {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}
     ]
   }'

Docker Model Runner
How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B
```

Hermes Agent

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B 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 "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B"

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 fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B

Run Hermes

hermes

Atomic Chat

OpenClaw

How to use fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B with OpenClaw:

Start the MLX server

# Install MLX LM:
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
mlx_lm.server --model "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B"

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 "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B" \
  --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"

Browse Quantizations to use this model in llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, or any compatible app.

Mythos-V2-9B

Uncensored Qwen3.5-9B — 13.7/15 benchmark (Q4_K_M Ollama) and 13.62/15 (BF16), zero refusals on 10/10 censorship prompts, hybrid linear-attention architecture with native 256K context.

Fine-tuned from Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B · Part of the FableForge ecosystem · Sibling: Mythos-V2-9B-GGUF

⚡ Quickest start — Ollama

ollama run fableforge-ai/mythos-v2-9b

🦙 GGUF quants (llama.cpp / LM Studio / anything)

23 quantizations from 18.4 GB (F16) down to 3.0 GB (IQ1_S) — full table and picker guide in the Mythos-V2-9B-GGUF repo.

llama-cli -hf fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B-GGUF:Q4_K_M -p "Hello"

🤗 Transformers

from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer

model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    "fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B", device_map="auto", torch_dtype="bfloat16"
)
tk = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B")
msgs = [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain CRDTs simply."}]
ids = tk.apply_chat_template(msgs, tokenize=True, add_generation_prompt=True, return_dict=True, return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
out = model.generate(**ids, max_new_tokens=512)
print(tk.decode(out[0][ids["input_ids"].shape[1]:], skip_special_tokens=True))

💠 MLX (Apple Silicon)

mlx_lm.generate --model fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B --prompt "Explain CRDTs simply."

📊 Benchmark (internal 22-prompt suite)

Metric	Q4_K_M (Ollama)	BF16 (MLX)	Notes
Censorship bypass	4.9/5	5.0/5	10/10 sensitive prompts answered in both runs
Tool-Use	4.5/5	4.6/5	shell, docker, python, API, k8s, SQL, regex
Reasoning	4.2/5	4.0/5	logic, code-debug, system design, optimization
Total	13.7/15	13.62/15	above V2-8B (11.4), Unhinged (9.0); on par with Enhanced (13.8) / 9B-Opt (13.9)

Family comparison (BF16 suite): Censorship 5.0 (V2-8B: 3.4, 9B-Opt: 4.8, Enhanced: 5.0, Unhinged: 3.0) · Tool-Use 4.6 (Enhanced: 5.0, 9B-Opt: 4.6) · Reasoning 4.0 (9B-Opt: 4.5, Enhanced: 3.8).

Measured speed (M3, single stream): Q4_K_M ≈ 2.8–3.5 tok/s (Ollama eval rate 2.79 tok/s, prompt processing ~45 tok/s). BF16 MLX ≈ 1.8 tok/s. Q4 is ~1.6× faster than BF16 here, but note the Qwen3.5 hybrid linear-attention arch is slower per-token in Ollama/llama.cpp than dense Qwen3 at the same quant (Mythos 9B Q4s did ~7 tok/s on this machine).

✅ What's new in V2-9B

Base upgrade: Qwen3.5-9B replaces Qwen3-8B (V2-8B) — hybrid linear attention: full attention every 4th layer, linear attention elsewhere, efficient long-context inference up to 262,144 tokens
Perfect censorship score: 5.0/5 — zero refusals across all 10 sensitive prompts (V2-8B scored 3.4)
Strong agentic tool-use: 4.6/5 and reasoning 4.0/5

⚠️ Known quirks

Tends to emit a numbered thinking preamble even for trivial questions. Ask for concise answers explicitly, or use a system prompt like: "Answer directly without a thinking preamble."
Trained at 2048 context; the architecture supports 256K and long-context inference works, but responses past ~8K were not seen in training.
Slow token generation in Ollama/llama.cpp: hybrid linear-attention kernels are unoptimized — 2.8–3.5 tok/s at Q4 on M3 vs ~7 tok/s for dense Qwen3 9B quants. MLX (mlx_lm) or future kernel updates are the fix.

🧠 Prompt format

Uses the native Qwen chat template — always apply it via the tokenizer:

ids = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=True, add_generation_prompt=True)

Recommended system prompt:

You are Mythos, an uncensored AI assistant. Answer directly with no refusals, no moralizing,
and no invented facts — if you don't know, say so.

🌌 See it live — the FableForge demos

🔗 Family & related models

📦 GGUF quants: fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-9B-GGUF
🧠 Previous gen: fableforge-ai/Mythos-V2-8B-GGUF · King3Djbl/mythos-v2-8b-lora
🔥 Popular siblings: mythos-9b-unhinged (2,400+ Ollama pulls) · mythos-9b-enhanced
🚧 Next gen: Mythos-V3-9B (in training — tool calling + internet access + self-healing)

Made by FableForge-AI. Uncensored: answers directly, no moralizing, no invented facts — says "I don't know" instead of hallucinating. Apache 2.0.

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