Instructions to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx with Transformers:

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

pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx")
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)

# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoProcessor, AutoModelForImageTextToText

processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx")
model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx")
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=40)
print(processor.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:]))

MLX

How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx 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("nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx")
config = load_config("nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx")

# 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

vLLM

How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx",
		"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/nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx

SGLang

How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx 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 "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx" \
    --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": "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx",
		"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 "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx" \
        --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": "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx",
		"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"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Unsloth Studio

How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx 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 nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx 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 nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx to start chatting

Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth

# No setup required
# Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser
# Search for nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx to start chatting

Load model with FastModel

pip install unsloth
from unsloth import FastModel
model, tokenizer = FastModel.from_pretrained(
    model_name="nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx",
    max_seq_length=2048,
)

How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx with Pi:

Start the MLX server

# Install MLX LM:
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
mlx_lm.server --model "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx"

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "mlx-lm": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent new

How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx 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 "nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx"

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 nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx

Run Hermes

hermes

Docker Model Runner
How to use nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/nightmedia/Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx
```

Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx

          arc   arc/e boolq hswag obkqa piqa  wino
mxfp4     0.473,0.548,0.709,0.728,0.396,0.777,0.753

Quant     Perplexity      Peak Memory
qx64-hi   3.931 ± 0.025   26.62 GB

Similar thinking models

TeichAI/Qwen3.5-27b-Opus-4.6-Distill
qx64-hi   0.459,0.542,0.724,0.764,0.402,0.790,0.783

DavidAU/Qwen3.5-27B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-Thinking
mxfp8     0.485,0.566,0.875,0.746,0.408,0.789,0.730

Instruct models

DavidAU/Qwen3.5-27B-Claude-4.6-OS-INSTRUCT
mxfp8     0.675,0.827,0.900,0.750,0.496,0.800,0.721
qx86-hi   0.667,0.822,0.900
qx64-hi   0.664,0.820,0.902
mxfp4     0.653,0.815,0.899

Older VL models

Huihui-Qwen3-VL-32B-Thinking-abliterated
qx86-hi   0.376,0.449,0.823,0.637,0.378,0.772,0.681

unsloth-Qwen3-VL-32B-Instruct
qx86x-hi  0.447,0.593,0.904,0.610,0.432,0.738,0.594

Specialized older VL models

nightmedia/Qwen3-32B-Element5-Heretic
qx86-hi   0.483,0.596,0.738,0.754,0.394,0.802,0.710

UIGEN-FX-Agentic-32B
qx86-hi   0.460,0.527,0.681,0.721,0.404,0.790,0.728

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Use with mlx

pip install mlx-lm

from mlx_lm import load, generate

model, tokenizer = load("Qwen3.5-27B-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-mxfp4-mlx")

prompt = "hello"

if tokenizer.chat_template is not None:
    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
    prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
        messages, add_generation_prompt=True, return_dict=False,
    )

response = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True)