Instructions to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF", trust_remote_code=True) messages = [ {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"}, ] pipe(messages)# Load model directly from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF", trust_remote_code=True) model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF", trust_remote_code=True) - llama-cpp-python
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with llama-cpp-python:
# !pip install llama-cpp-python from llama_cpp import Llama llm = Llama.from_pretrained( repo_id="unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF", filename="DeepSeek-R1-BF16/DeepSeek-R1.BF16-00001-of-00030.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 unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with llama.cpp:
Install from brew
brew install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama-server -hf unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama-cli -hf unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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 unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama-cli -hf unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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 unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./llama-cli -hf unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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 unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./build/bin/llama-cli -hf unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
- LM Studio
- Jan
- vLLM
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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": "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
- SGLang
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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 "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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": "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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 "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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": "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }' - Ollama
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with Ollama:
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
- Unsloth Studio new
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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 unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-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 unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF to start chatting
Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth
# No setup required # Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser # Search for unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF to start chatting
- Docker Model Runner
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
- Lemonade
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF with Lemonade:
Pull the model
# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/ lemonade pull unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
Run and chat with the model
lemonade run user.DeepSeek-R1-GGUF-Q4_K_M
List all available models
lemonade list
Llama.cpp server chat template
What is the correct chat template for this model for Llama.cpp server? Do I need to use a jinja template?
- Thanks, Ash
What is the correct chat template for this model for Llama.cpp server? Do I need to use a jinja template?
- Thanks, Ash
It's in our model card and blog post! :) https://unsloth.ai/blog/deepseek-r1
Thanks for replying and creating the GGUF file. I did check the blog post earlier :-)
I could not figure how to convert the prompt format below to something that can be used by llama.cpp server app. I am using Open WebUI client with the llama.cpp server.
--prompt '<|User|>What is 1+1?<|Assistant|>' \
For mistral based models, I use --chat-template llama2 as parameter to it.
any update on this?
Found this out after days of toiling, only way i found to make it forcefully generate COT is to make my user prompts like this
\n (Prompt in here) \n\n
SPACES ARE IMPORTANT so the newline command doesnt get caught in the prompt. Hopefully it helps someone
EDIT: weird my thing is messed up but the prompt needs to look like this
< think >\n (Prompt in here) \n< /think >\n
remove spaces for before and after each think in between the ><
I use the default template, no custom server args
This is the Template I used in the Ollama Modefile (which is used when running ollama create <custom_model_name> -f <ModelFile name>)
The template and parameters are copied from https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1.
FROM .\llama-b4754-bin-win-cuda-cu12.4-x64\DeepSeek-R1-GGUF\DeepSeek-R1-Merged\DeepSeek-R1-UD-IQ1_S-merged.gguf
TEMPLATE """{{- if .System }}{{ .System }}{{ end }}
{{- range $i, $_ := .Messages }}
{{- $last := eq (len (slice $.Messages $i)) 1}}
{{- if eq .Role "user" }}<|User|>{{ .Content }}
{{- else if eq .Role "assistant" }}<|Assistant|>{{ .Content }}{{- if not $last }}<|end▁of▁sentence|>{{- end }}
{{- end }}
{{- if and $last (ne .Role "assistant") }}<|Assistant|>{{- end }}
{{- end }}
"""
PARAMETER stop "<|begin_of_sentence|>"
PARAMETER stop "<|end_of_sentence|>"
PARAMETER stop "<|User|>"
PARAMETER stop "<|Assistant"