Liquid AI - Hybrid - verified
Run Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B locally
Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B is a 2.7B hybrid model from Liquid AI with a 131K-token context window, released under LFM Open License v1.0 (lfm1.0) (commercial use is allowed with conditions set out in the license); the smallest listed download is 1.6 GB, the 4bit MLX build from LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-4bit.
Official weights: LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B
- Total params
- 2.7B
- Architecture
- Hybrid
- Context
- 131K
- Smallest download
- 1.6 GB
Fits in
Smallest download at most 85% of memoryDownloads
The official weights and every quantization listed for this model, with file sizes from Hugging Face.
| Download | Format | Size | Repo |
|---|---|---|---|
Official weights | BF16 | 5.4 GB | LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B |
Q4_K_M | GGUF | 1.7 GB | LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF |
Q8_0 | GGUF | 2.9 GB | LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF |
4bitSmallest listed | MLX | 1.6 GB | LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-4bit |
GB is decimal: 1 GB = 10^9 bytes. Add memory for the context and the operating system on top of the file size.
Run it
The official pages read for this directory publish no copyable run command for Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B. Download the weights from LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B and follow the model card's serving instructions.
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License
- License
- LFM Open License v1.0 (lfm1.0)
other - Commercial use
- Commercial use: ConditionsCommercial use is allowed with conditions set out in the license.
- Gated download
- No. The files download directly.
Worth knowing
Hybrid short-convolution plus GQA edge model that always reasons before answering; the card's quick start is Transformers (Python) only and it needs transformers 5.0.0 or newer.
Released (Hugging Face repo creation date).
FAQ
How big is the Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B download?
The official BF16 weights in LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B are 5.4 GB. The smallest listed download is 1.6 GB, the 4bit MLX build from LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-MLX-4bit. Plan for more memory than the file size: the context (KV cache) and the operating system need room too.
Can I use Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B commercially?
Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B is released under LFM Open License v1.0 (lfm1.0), and commercial use is allowed with conditions set out in the license. The license text is at https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B/blob/main/LICENSE.
How much memory do I need for Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B?
By this directory's rule of thumb it fits in 8 GB and up: the smallest listed download, 1.6 GB, is at most 85% of 8 GB, which leaves room for the context and the operating system.
What is the context length of Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B?
131,072 tokens. A longer context needs more memory for the KV cache, so you can run with a shorter one when memory is tight.
Sources
Last verified from the pages below.
- HF API (params, license, createdAt) - huggingface.co
- HF file tree - huggingface.co
- Model card - huggingface.co
- Liquid GGUF tree - huggingface.co
- Liquid MLX 4-bit tree - huggingface.co
- Ollama lfm2.5 tags (no 2.6B tag) - ollama.com
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