Instructions to use google/gemma-7b-it with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use google/gemma-7b-it with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="google/gemma-7b-it") messages = [ {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"}, ] pipe(messages)# Load model directly from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("google/gemma-7b-it") model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("google/gemma-7b-it") messages = [ {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"}, ] inputs = tokenizer.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=40) print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:])) - llama-cpp-python
How to use google/gemma-7b-it with llama-cpp-python:
# !pip install llama-cpp-python from llama_cpp import Llama llm = Llama.from_pretrained( repo_id="google/gemma-7b-it", filename="gemma-7b-it.gguf", )
llm.create_chat_completion( messages = [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] ) - Inference
- Local Apps Settings
- llama.cpp
How to use google/gemma-7b-it with llama.cpp:
Install (macOS, Linux)
curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama serve -hf google/gemma-7b-it # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama cli -hf google/gemma-7b-it
Install from WinGet (Windows)
winget install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama serve -hf google/gemma-7b-it # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama cli -hf google/gemma-7b-it
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 google/gemma-7b-it # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./llama-cli -hf google/gemma-7b-it
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 google/gemma-7b-it # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./build/bin/llama-cli -hf google/gemma-7b-it
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/google/gemma-7b-it
- LM Studio
- Jan
- vLLM
How to use google/gemma-7b-it with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "google/gemma-7b-it" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "google/gemma-7b-it", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/google/gemma-7b-it
- SGLang
How to use google/gemma-7b-it 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 "google/gemma-7b-it" \ --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": "google/gemma-7b-it", "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 "google/gemma-7b-it" \ --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": "google/gemma-7b-it", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }' - Ollama
How to use google/gemma-7b-it with Ollama:
ollama run hf.co/google/gemma-7b-it
- Unsloth Studio
How to use google/gemma-7b-it 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 google/gemma-7b-it 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 google/gemma-7b-it to start chatting
Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth
# No setup required # Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser # Search for google/gemma-7b-it to start chatting
- Atomic Chat new
- Docker Model Runner
How to use google/gemma-7b-it with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/google/gemma-7b-it
- Lemonade
How to use google/gemma-7b-it with Lemonade:
Pull the model
# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/ lemonade pull google/gemma-7b-it
Run and chat with the model
lemonade run user.gemma-7b-it-{{QUANT_TAG}}List all available models
lemonade list
add_special_tokens=False results in poor generation
Hi!
I recently ran an experiment from a model card using a chat template and encountered some issues. In the first attempt, as shown in the attached image, the results were not satisfactory.
However, when I modified the settings to include the token by setting add_special_tokens=True, the outcome improved significantly:
Could you please explain the rationale behind using add_special_tokens=False in this example?
Hi @DMaksimov , If we were preparing inputs for standard tasks like text classification, text generation, or translation using pre-trained models without any customized processing, we would typically set
add_special_tokens=True to ensure the input is in the format the model expects.
add_special_tokens=False is used here likely because the we wants to control how the input tokens are processed, either to meet specific model requirements or to handle the special tokens manually. Kindly refer this link for more information . Thank you.
Based on the testing, can we conclude that this model is sensitive to <bos> token?
While evaluating Gemma-2 model in the evaluation harness lib, I also saw a comment from the output saying that without <bos> token can significantly impact the performance of Gemma models.

