- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use thelamapi/next-4b with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline
pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="thelamapi/next-4b")
messages = [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "image", "url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/p-blog/candy.JPG"},
{"type": "text", "text": "What animal is on the candy?"}
]
},
]
pipe(text=messages) # pip install -U transformers accelerate
# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoProcessor, AutoModelForMultimodalLM
processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("thelamapi/next-4b")
model = AutoModelForMultimodalLM.from_pretrained("thelamapi/next-4b", device_map="auto")
messages = [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "image", "url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/p-blog/candy.JPG"},
{"type": "text", "text": "What animal is on the candy?"}
]
},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
messages,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(model.device)
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=256)
print(processor.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:])) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- llama.cpp
How to use thelamapi/next-4b with llama.cpp:
Install (macOS, Linux)
curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf thelamapi/next-4b:F16
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf thelamapi/next-4b:F16
Install from WinGet (Windows)
winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf thelamapi/next-4b:F16
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf thelamapi/next-4b:F16
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 thelamapi/next-4b:F16
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf thelamapi/next-4b:F16
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 thelamapi/next-4b:F16
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf thelamapi/next-4b:F16
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/thelamapi/next-4b:F16
- LM Studio
- Jan
- vLLM
How to use thelamapi/next-4b with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "thelamapi/next-4b"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
"model": "thelamapi/next-4b",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
}
}
]
}
]
}'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/thelamapi/next-4b:F16
- SGLang
How to use thelamapi/next-4b 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 "thelamapi/next-4b" \
--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": "thelamapi/next-4b",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
}
}
]
}
]
}'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 "thelamapi/next-4b" \
--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": "thelamapi/next-4b",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
}
}
]
}
]
}' - Ollama
How to use thelamapi/next-4b with Ollama:
ollama run hf.co/thelamapi/next-4b:F16
- Unsloth Desktop
- Docker Model Runner
How to use thelamapi/next-4b with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/thelamapi/next-4b:F16
- Lemonade
How to use thelamapi/next-4b with Lemonade:
Pull the model
# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull thelamapi/next-4b:F16
Run and chat with the model
lemonade run user.next-4b-F16
List all available models
lemonade list
- Atomic Chat
