unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF

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Summary

Unsloth releases a GGUF quantized version of the MiniMax-M3 multimodal model, enabling image-text-to-text tasks with support for Transformers, llama.cpp, vLLM, and other inference engines.

Task: image-text-to-text Tags: transformers, gguf, multimodal, moe, agent, coding, video, minimax_m3_vl, image-text-to-text, base_model:MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3, base_model:quantized:MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3, license:other, endpoints_compatible, region:us, conversational
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unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF · Hugging Face

Source: https://huggingface.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF LibrariesTransformersHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with Transformers:

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

pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF")
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 AutoModel
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF", dtype="auto")

llama-cpp-pythonHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with llama-cpp-python:

# !pip install llama-cpp-python

from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama.from_pretrained(
	repo_id="unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF",
	filename="BF16/MiniMax-M3-BF16-00001-of-00018.gguf",
)
llm.create_chat_completion(
	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"
					}
				}
			]
		}
	]
)

NotebooksGoogle ColabKaggleLocal AppsSettingsllama.cppHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M

LM StudioJanvLLMHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "unsloth/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF",
		"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/unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M

SGLangHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF",
		"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 "unsloth/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF",
		"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"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

OllamaHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with Ollama:

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M

Unsloth StudioHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-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/MiniMax-M3-GGUF to start chatting

PiHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with Pi:

Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi:
npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "llama-cpp": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes AgentnewHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with Hermes Agent:

Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
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 unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
Run Hermes
hermes

Atomic ChatnewDocker Model RunnerHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:

docker model run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M

LemonadeHow to use unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF with Lemonade:

Pull the model
# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
Run and chat with the model
lemonade run user.MiniMax-M3-GGUF-UD-Q4_K_M
List all available models
lemonade list

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