Image-Text-to-Text
MLX
Safetensors
inkling_mm_model
inkling
Mixture of Experts
multimodal
text-generation
apple-silicon
conversational
Instructions to use mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit with MLX:
# 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/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit") config = load_config("mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit") # 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) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
- Pi
How to use mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit with Pi:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit"
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "mlx-lm": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- OpenClaw new
How to use mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit with OpenClaw:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit"
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 "mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit" \ --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"
- Hermes Agent
How to use mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit 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 "mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit"
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 mlx-community/Inkling-Small-mlx-2bit
Run Hermes
hermes
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from __future__ import annotations
import mlx.core as mx
import mlx.nn as nn
class RMSNorm(nn.Module):
"""Llama-style RMSNorm (compute in fp32, weight is a gain).
Matches ``LlamaRMSNorm``: ``x_fp32 * rsqrt(mean(x^2) + eps) * weight``.
"""
def __init__(self, dims: int, eps: float = 1e-6):
super().__init__()
self.weight = mx.ones((dims,))
self.eps = eps
def __call__(self, x: mx.array) -> mx.array:
return mx.fast.rms_norm(x, self.weight, self.eps)
class ShortConvolution(nn.Module):
"""Depthwise causal 1-D convolution with a residual add, computed in fp32.
Mirrors ``InklingShortConvolution``: a per-channel (groups == channels) causal
conv1d of ``kernel_size`` taps, no bias, no activation, then ``out + input``.
The reference keeps this module in fp32 regardless of the model dtype
(``_keep_in_fp32_modules_strict``), so we upcast here too.
Weight layout (MLX ``conv1d``): ``[channels, kernel_size, 1]``.
"""
def __init__(self, channels: int, kernel_size: int):
super().__init__()
self.channels = channels
self.kernel_size = kernel_size
# [C_out, K, C_in // groups] with groups == channels -> [C, K, 1]
self.weight = mx.zeros((channels, kernel_size, 1))
def __call__(self, x: mx.array, mask: mx.array | None = None, cache=None) -> mx.array:
# x: [batch, seq, channels]
in_dtype = x.dtype
xf = x.astype(mx.float32)
residual = xf
if mask is not None:
xf = xf * mask.astype(mx.float32)
k = self.kernel_size
B, seq, C = xf.shape
w = self.weight.astype(mx.float32)
if cache is not None:
# left-context = cached last (k-1) inputs (zeros on the first call);
# a "valid" conv over [left, xf] yields exactly `seq` causal outputs.
left = cache.state if cache.state is not None else mx.zeros((B, k - 1, C), dtype=mx.float32)
x_in = mx.concatenate([left, xf], axis=1)
out = mx.conv1d(x_in, w, padding=0, groups=self.channels)
cache.state = x_in[:, -(k - 1):, :]
else:
# causal: left-pad by (k-1), keep first `seq` outputs (== zero left-context)
out = mx.conv1d(xf, w, padding=k - 1, groups=self.channels)[:, :seq, :]
out = out + residual
return out.astype(in_dtype)
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