Instructions to use mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit with MLX:
# 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("mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit") config = load_config("mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit") # 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) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
- Pi
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit with Pi:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit"
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "mlx-lm": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- Hermes Agent
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit 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 "mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit"
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 mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit
Run Hermes
hermes
- Atomic Chat
- OpenClaw
How to use mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit with OpenClaw:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit"
Configure OpenClaw
# Install OpenClaw: npm install -g openclaw@latest # Register the local server and set it as the default model: openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \ --auth-choice custom-api-key \ --custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \ --custom-model-id "mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit" \ --custom-provider-id mlx-lm \ --custom-compatibility openai \ --custom-text-input \ --accept-risk \ --skip-health
Run OpenClaw
openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"
Point to correct image processing class
#2
by RaushanTurganbay HF Staff - opened
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Hi @prince-canuma , I tested Raushan's PR and it works for me, with it you can load the processor in either mlx-vlm or transformers:
>>> from transformers import AutoProcessor
>>> p = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("./qwen3.8-27b-4bit-raushan")
>>> type(p)
<class 'transformers.models.qwen3_vl.processing_qwen3_vl.Qwen3VLProcessor'>
>>> type(p.image_processor)
<class 'transformers.models.qwen2_vl.image_processing_qwen2_vl.Qwen2VLImageProcessor'>
>>> from mlx_vlm import load
>>> _, processor = load("./qwen3.8-27b-4bit-raushan")
>>> type(processor)
<class 'mlx_vlm.models.qwen3_vl.processing_qwen3_vl.Qwen3VLProcessor'>
>>> type(processor.image_processor)
<class 'mlx_vlm.models.qwen3_vl.processing_qwen3_vl.Qwen3VLImageProcessor'>
>>>
However, the original version in this repo is not compatible with transformers.
Note that Qwen3VLImageProcessor exists in mlx-vlm, of course, but not in transformers.
Do you think it's safe to merge this PR?
Thanks!
prince-canuma changed pull request status to merged