Instructions to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
pipe(messages)

# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF")

llama-cpp-python

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with llama-cpp-python:

# !pip install llama-cpp-python

from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama.from_pretrained(
	repo_id="second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF",
	filename="SmolLM3-3B-Q2_K.gguf",
)

llm.create_chat_completion(
	messages = [
		{
			"role": "user",
			"content": "What is the capital of France?"
		}
	]
)

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

llama.cpp

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with llama.cpp:

Install from brew

brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Install from WinGet (Windows)

winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Use pre-built binary

# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Build from source code

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

LM Studio
Jan

vLLM

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

SGLang

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with SGLang:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install SGLang from pip:
pip install sglang
# Start the SGLang server:
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path "second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF" \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker images

docker run --gpus all \
    --shm-size 32g \
    -p 30000:30000 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \
    --ipc=host \
    lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
    python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
        --model-path "second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF" \
        --host 0.0.0.0 \
        --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Ollama
How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with Ollama:
```
ollama run hf.co/second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```

Unsloth Studio new

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with Unsloth Studio:

Install Unsloth Studio (macOS, Linux, WSL)

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF to start chatting

Install Unsloth Studio (Windows)

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF to start chatting

Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth

# No setup required
# Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser
# Search for second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF to start chatting

Pi new

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with Pi:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "llama-cpp": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent new

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with Hermes Agent:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

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 second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Run Hermes

hermes

Docker Model Runner
How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```

Lemonade

How to use second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF with Lemonade:

Pull the model

# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Run and chat with the model

lemonade run user.SmolLM3-3B-GGUF-Q4_K_M

List all available models

lemonade list

SmolLM3-3B-GGUF

Original Model

HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B

Run with LlamaEdge

LlamaEdge version: v0.24.0 and above

Prompt template

Normal chat

Prompt type: smol3-no-think

Prompt string

<|im_start|>system
## Metadata

Knowledge Cutoff Date: June 2025
Today Date: 15 July 2025
Reasoning Mode: /no_think

## Custom Instructions

You are a helpful AI assistant named SmolLM, trained by Hugging Face.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
{user_message_1}
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
{assistant_message_1}
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
{user_message_2}
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant

Chat with Tools

Prompt type: smol3-no-think

Prompt string

<|im_start|>system
## Metadata

Knowledge Cutoff Date: June 2025
Today Date: 15 July 2025
Reasoning Mode: /no_think

## Custom Instructions

You are a helpful AI assistant named SmolLM, trained by Hugging Face.

### Tools

You may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.
You are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:

<tools>
{"name":"sum","description":"Calculate the sum of two numbers","parameters":{"$schema":"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#","properties":{"a":{"description":"The left hand side number","format":"int32","type":"integer"},"b":{"description":"The right hand side number","format":"int32","type":"integer"}},"required":["a","b"],"title":"SumRequest","type":"object"}}
{"name":"sub","description":"Calculate the difference of two numbers","parameters":{"$schema":"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#","properties":{"a":{"description":"The left hand side number","format":"int32","type":"integer"},"b":{"description":"The right hand side number","format":"int32","type":"integer"}},"required":["a","b"],"title":"SubRequest","type":"object"}}
{"name":"get_current_weather","description":"Get the weather for a given city","parameters":{"$schema":"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#","definitions":{"TemperatureUnit":{"enum":["celsius","fahrenheit"],"type":"string"}},"properties":{"location":{"description":"the city to get the weather for, e.g., 'Beijing', 'New York', 'Tokyo'","type":"string"},"unit":{"$ref":"#/definitions/TemperatureUnit","description":"the unit to use for the temperature, e.g., 'celsius', 'fahrenheit'"}},"required":["location","unit"],"title":"GetWeatherRequest","type":"object"}}
</tools>

For each function call, return a json object with function name and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags:
<tool_call>
{"name": <function-name>, "arguments": <args-json-object>}
</tool_call>

<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
{user_message_1}
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
{assistant_message_1}
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
{user_message_2}
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant

```

Context size: 128000

Run as LlamaEdge service

wasmedge --dir .:. --nn-preload default:GGML:AUTO:SmolLM3-3B-Q5_K_M.gguf \
  llama-api-server.wasm \
  --model-name SmolLM3-3B \
  --prompt-template smol3-no-think \
  --ctx-size 128000

Run as LlamaEdge command app

wasmedge --dir .:. --nn-preload default:GGML:AUTO:SmolLM3-3B-Q5_K_M.gguf \
  llama-chat.wasm \
  --prompt-template smol3-no-think \
  --ctx-size 128000

Quantized GGUF Models

Name	Quant method	Bits	Size	Use case
SmolLM3-3B-Q2_K.gguf	Q2_K	2	1.25 GB	smallest, significant quality loss - not recommended for most purposes
SmolLM3-3B-Q3_K_L.gguf	Q3_K_L	3	1.69 GB	small, substantial quality loss
SmolLM3-3B-Q3_K_M.gguf	Q3_K_M	3	1.57 GB	very small, high quality loss
SmolLM3-3B-Q3_K_S.gguf	Q3_K_S	3	1.43 GB	very small, high quality loss
SmolLM3-3B-Q4_0.gguf	Q4_0	4	1.81 GB	legacy; small, very high quality loss - prefer using Q3_K_M
SmolLM3-3B-Q4_K_M.gguf	Q4_K_M	4	1.92 GB	medium, balanced quality - recommended
SmolLM3-3B-Q4_K_S.gguf	Q4_K_S	4	1.82 GB	small, greater quality loss
SmolLM3-3B-Q5_0.gguf	Q5_0	5	2.16 GB	legacy; medium, balanced quality - prefer using Q4_K_M
SmolLM3-3B-Q5_K_M.gguf	Q5_K_M	5	2.21 GB	large, very low quality loss - recommended
SmolLM3-3B-Q5_K_S.gguf	Q5_K_S	5	2.16 GB	large, low quality loss - recommended
SmolLM3-3B-Q6_K.gguf	Q6_K	6	2.53 GB	very large, extremely low quality loss
SmolLM3-3B-Q8_0.gguf	Q8_0	8	3.28 GB	very large, extremely low quality loss - not recommended
SmolLM3-3B-f16.gguf	f16	16	6.16 GB

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Model size

3B params

Architecture

smollm3

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Model tree for second-state/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF

Base model

HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B-Base

Finetuned

HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B

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