Instructions to use mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit 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("mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit")

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

How to use mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit 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/MiniMax-M2-4bit"

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/MiniMax-M2-4bit"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent new

How to use mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit 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/MiniMax-M2-4bit"

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/MiniMax-M2-4bit

Run Hermes

hermes

MLX LM

How to use mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit with MLX LM:

Generate or start a chat session

# Install MLX LM
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Interactive chat REPL
mlx_lm.chat --model "mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit"

Run an OpenAI-compatible server

# Install MLX LM
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start the server
mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit"
# Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "model": "mlx-community/MiniMax-M2-4bit",
     "messages": [
       {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}
     ]
   }'

Model type minimax not supported, No module named 'mlx_lm.models.minimax'

by rcanand - opened Oct 28, 2025

Discussion

rcanand

MLX Community org Oct 28, 2025

Hi, I tried installing and running this model on mac with metal/mlx, it gives the error: "Model type minimax not supported". Tried both cli mlx_lm.generate and python code, same error.

Here is the relevant error:

.../.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mlx_lm/utils.py", line 68, in _get_classes
    arch = importlib.import_module(f"mlx_lm.models.{model_type}")
...
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mlx_lm.models.minimax'
...
.../.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mlx_lm/utils.py", line 72, in _get_classes
    raise ValueError(msg)
ValueError: Model type minimax not supported.

rcanand

MLX Community org Oct 28, 2025

Nm - it isn't in the latest pypi version of mlx-lm - used the github version, worked.

rcanand changed discussion status to closed Oct 28, 2025

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