Instructions to use mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit") config = load_config("mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- Hermes Agent
How to use mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit
Run Hermes
hermes
- Atomic Chat
- OpenClaw
How to use mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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/granite-vision-3.2-2b-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"
Download chat_template.json from mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit: direct link, hf CLI and curl.
- Browser
- Download file 1.64 kB
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https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit/resolve/main/chat_template.json
- Command line
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hf download hf://mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit/chat_template.json
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curl -L -o chat_template.json https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/granite-vision-3.2-2b-4bit/resolve/main/chat_template.json
1.64 kB
| { | |
| "chat_template": "{%- if tools %}\n {{- '<|start_of_role|>available_tools<|end_of_role|>\n' }}\n {%- for tool in tools %}\n {{- tool | tojson(indent=4) }}\n {%- if not loop.last %}\n {{- '\n\n' }}\n {%- endif %}\n {%- endfor %}\n {{- '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n{%- endif %}\n{%- for message in messages if message['role'] == 'system'%}{% else %}<|system|>\nA chat between a curious user and an artificial intelligence assistant. The assistant gives helpful, detailed, and polite answers to the user's questions.\n{% endfor %}{%- for message in messages %}\n {%- if message['role'] == 'system' %}\n {{- '<|system|>\n' + message['content'][0]['text'] + '\n' }}\n {%- elif message['role'] == 'user' %}<|user|>\n {# Render all images first #}{% for content in message['content'] | selectattr('type', 'equalto', 'image') %}{{ '<image>\n' }}{% endfor %}{# Render all text next #}{% for content in message['content'] | selectattr('type', 'equalto', 'text') %}{{ content['text'] + '\n' }}{% endfor %}\n{%- elif message['role'] == 'assistant' %}\n {{- '<|assistant|>\n' + message['content'][0]['text'] + '<|end_of_text|>' }}\n {%- elif message['role'] == 'assistant_tool_call' %}\n {{- '<|start_of_role|>assistant<|end_of_role|><|tool_call|>' + message['content'][0]['text'] + '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n {%- elif message['role'] == 'tool_response' %}\n {{- '<|start_of_role|>tool_response<|end_of_role|>' + message['content'][0]['text'] + '<|end_of_text|>\n' }}\n {%- endif %}\n {%- if loop.last and add_generation_prompt %}\n {{- '<|assistant|>\n' }}\n {%- endif %}\n{%- endfor %}" | |
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