Instructions to use robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX 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("robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX")

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
LM Studio

Pi new

How to use robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX with Pi:

Start the MLX server

# Install MLX LM:
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
mlx_lm.server --model "robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX"

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": "robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent new

How to use robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX 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 "robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX"

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 robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX

Run Hermes

hermes

MLX LM

How to use robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX with MLX LM:

Generate or start a chat session

# Install MLX LM
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Interactive chat REPL
mlx_lm.chat --model "robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX"

Run an OpenAI-compatible server

# Install MLX LM
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start the server
mlx_lm.server --model "robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX"
# Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "model": "robbiemu/MobileLLM-R1-950M-MLX",
     "messages": [
       {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}
     ]
   }'

robbiemu commited on Sep 15, 2025

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@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ base_model:
 # MLX Runtime (Apple silicon) — Added Files & Usage
-This fork adds a lightweight MLX runtime so you can run the original MobileLLM‑R1‑950M weights with Apple’s MLX on Apple silicon. It keeps the original weights (`model.safetensors`) and tokenizer; only the runtime is added.
 ## Technical Documentation
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ uv sync
 # 3. (Optional) Add the torch group if you plan to customize/train models
 uv sync --extra torch
 ### Without uv
 If you prefer pip/venv, a `requirements.txt` is provided:

 # MLX Runtime (Apple silicon) — Added Files & Usage
+This fork adds a lightweight MLX runtime so you can run the original MobileLLM‑R1‑950M weights with Apple’s MLX on Apple silicon. It keeps the original weights (`model.safetensors`) and tokenizer; only the runtime is added. Additional code is provided to reproduce the (also included) mlx-lm conversion and 4-bit quant, though some manual modifications are needed to mlx-lm at this time to get it to run.
 ## Technical Documentation
 # 3. (Optional) Add the torch group if you plan to customize/train models
 uv sync --extra torch
+```
 ### Without uv
 If you prefer pip/venv, a `requirements.txt` is provided: