README.md

---
license: mit
license_link: https://huggingface.co/microsoft/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T/blob/main/LICENSE
language:
- en
pipeline_tag: text-generation
tags:
- chat
- bitnet
- text-generation
- large-language-model
- mlx
library_name: mlx
base_model: microsoft/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T
---

# mlx-community/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T-8bit

This model [mlx-community/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T-8bit](https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T-8bit) was
converted to MLX format from [microsoft/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T](https://huggingface.co/microsoft/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T)
using mlx-lm version **0.25.1**.

## Use with mlx

```bash
pip install mlx-lm
```

```python
from mlx_lm import load, generate

model, tokenizer = load("mlx-community/bitnet-b1.58-2B-4T-8bit")

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)
```