Instructions to use hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-it-4bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-it-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("hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-it-4bit")
config = load_config("hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-it-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

How to use hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-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 "hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-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": "hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-it-4bit"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent

How to use hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-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 "hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-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 hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-it-4bit

Run Hermes

hermes

Atomic Chat

OpenClaw

How to use hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-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 "hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-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 "hellowsherlock/gemma-4-e2b-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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metadata

library_name: mlx
license: gemma
base_model: google/gemma-4-E2B-it
tags:
  - mlx
  - mlx-vlm
  - gemma4
  - image-text-to-text

This repository is a public redistribution of mlx-community/gemma-4-e2b-it-4bit, which was converted to MLX 4-bit format by MLX Community from Google's official google/gemma-4-e2b-it / google/gemma-4-E2B-it. Weights remain under the Gemma license. This copy is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google, Hugging Face, or MLX Community.

mlx-community/gemma-4-e2b-it-4bit

MLX conversion of google/gemma-4-E2B-it for Apple silicon.

Source revision: 70af34e20bd4b7a91f0de6b22675850c43922a03
Variant: 4bit
Converted with mlx_vlm.convert from the local mlx-vlm checkout.

Usage

pip install mlx-vlm
python -m mlx_vlm.generate --model mlx-community/gemma-4-e2b-it-4bit --prompt "Describe this image." --image path/to/image.jpg