Text Generation
MLX
Safetensors
gemma3_text
gemma3
gemma
google
functiongemma
conversational
4-bit precision
Instructions to use mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit with MLX:
# Make sure mlx-lm is installed # pip install --upgrade mlx-lm # Generate text with mlx-lm from mlx_lm import load, generate model, tokenizer = load("mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit") prompt = "Write a story about Einstein" messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}] prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template( messages, add_generation_prompt=True ) text = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
- Pi
How to use mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-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/functiongemma-270m-it-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/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- MLX LM
How to use mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit with MLX LM:
Generate or start a chat session
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Interactive chat REPL mlx_lm.chat --model "mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit"
Run an OpenAI-compatible server
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Start the server mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit" # Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"} ] }' - Hermes Agent
How to use mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-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/functiongemma-270m-it-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/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit
Run Hermes
hermes
- Atomic Chat
- OpenClaw
How to use mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-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/functiongemma-270m-it-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/functiongemma-270m-it-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"
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Download README.md from mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit: direct link, hf CLI and curl.
- Browser
- Download file 1.27 kB
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https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit/resolve/main/README.md
- Command line
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hf download hf://mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit/README.md
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curl -L -o README.md https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit/resolve/main/README.md
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metadata
license: gemma
tags:
- gemma3
- gemma
- google
- functiongemma
- mlx
pipeline_tag: text-generation
library_name: mlx
extra_gated_heading: Access Gemma on Hugging Face
extra_gated_prompt: >-
To access FunctionGemma on Hugging Face, you’re required to review and agree
to Google’s usage license. To do this, please ensure you’re logged in to
Hugging Face and click below. Requests are processed immediately.
extra_gated_button_content: Acknowledge license
base_model: google/functiongemma-270m-it
mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit
This model mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit was converted to MLX format from google/functiongemma-270m-it using mlx-lm version 0.28.4.
Use with mlx
pip install mlx-lm
from mlx_lm import load, generate
model, tokenizer = load("mlx-community/functiongemma-270m-it-4bit")
prompt = "hello"
if tokenizer.chat_template is not None:
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
messages, add_generation_prompt=True
)
response = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True)