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MLX library
# 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("osirisbrain/OsirisHippocampus-Vision-v7-MLX")
config = load_config("osirisbrain/OsirisHippocampus-Vision-v7-MLX")

# 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)

OsirisHippocampus-Vision-v7-MLX

The Hippocampus — Osiris's visual cortex. A lightweight 3B VLM that processes screenshots, images, and visual input. Runs natively on Apple Silicon via MLX Metal.

Architecture

  • Base Model: Qwen2.5-VL-3B-Instruct (3B parameters, vision-language)
  • Format: MLX 4-bit quantized (Apple Silicon native)
  • Size: ~2.9 GB
  • Speed: ~150+ tokens/sec on M2 Pro
  • Capabilities: OCR, screenshot analysis, image understanding, visual QA

Usage

from mlx_vlm import load, generate

model, processor = load("osirisbrain/OsirisHippocampus-Vision-v7-MLX")
output = generate(model, processor, "What do you see in this image?", ["screenshot.png"])

Credits

MLX conversion by mlx-community. Original model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-3B-Instruct by Alibaba.

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