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# Make sure mlx-vlm is installed
# pip install --upgrade mlx-vlm

from mlx_vlm import load, generate
from mlx_vlm.prompt_utils import apply_chat_template
from mlx_vlm.utils import load_config

# Load the model
model, processor = load("mlx-community/FastVLM-0.5B-bf16")
config = load_config("mlx-community/FastVLM-0.5B-bf16")

# Prepare input
image = ["http://images.cocodataset.org/val2017/000000039769.jpg"]
prompt = "Describe this image."

# Apply chat template
formatted_prompt = apply_chat_template(
    processor, config, prompt, num_images=1
)

# Generate output
output = generate(model, processor, formatted_prompt, image)
print(output)

mlx-community/FastVLM-0.5B-bf16

This model was converted to MLX format from apple/FastVLM-0.5B using mlx-vlm from this PR. Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.

Use with mlx

pip install -U mlx-vlm
python -m mlx_vlm.generate --model mlx-community/FastVLM-0.5B-bf16 --max-tokens 100 --temperature 0.0 --prompt "Describe this image in detail." --image https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/0052a70beed5bf71b92610a43a52df6d286cd5f3/diffusers/rabbit.jpg
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