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From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.qwenSubject:

Qwen3-Embedding-8B

Date: 2026-11-14Commit: 1d8ad4cSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Feature extraction model with 7.6B parameters. Safetensors weights, 15.2 GB in all. Published by Qwen under Apache-2.0.

7.6B params15.2GBQwen3-Embedding-8Bsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams7.6BSize15.2 GBFormatssafetensorsTaskfeature extractionLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
# manifest sha256 935b98317b8e… · 15.2 GB · 17 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3-Embedding-8B Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
From sourceQwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8BLast check: 2026-11-14 06:34 UTC
OverviewFilesUse itLicenseProvenance

Overview

Size
15.2 GB
Weights
15.1 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
7.6B
Formats
safetensors
Task
feature extraction
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
17, each with a sha256
Publisher
Qwen
Added
2026-11-14
Section
alt.freeweights.qwen
Lineage

Original release from the publisher.

Base model: Qwen/Qwen3-8B-Base

Where these bytes come from
Publisher at the pinned commit→You

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Sources
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From sourcehuggingface.co2026-11-14 06:34 UTCpassed

Files

17 files · 15.2 GBWeights 15.1 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 17 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.57 KB34448b82c17d60fec9b65b1f093c115ddbaadc04beb1b0140b6bfed2e012a930
1_Pooling/config.json313 B2e1da26b3fd65cf7e370d2fabf28a8c59efa7edb525d1b8b50be8e5ca1048ea6
LICENSE11.3 KB832dd9e00a68dd83b3c3fb9f5588dad7dcf337a0db50f7d9483f310cd292e92e
README.md17.3 KB1fd6f3583d642a3319efb3eb8c22b6aa6320e6ab92263447bd84fd92615206d4
config.json729 Bdcccf7c7890c8debc4af8dace8d6acd8dd50bd56d50d4d8b60529381ba3de3d7
config_sentence_transformers.json215 B10667c72ddb772627bf1780cb7f86af8e2ae0032b8c243c731172064105c6961
generation_config.json117 B28396d421a2108acce96383f6a7de78008f7f1b17f807958f3c14c51dbfb65fb
merges.txt1.67 MB8831e4f1a044471340f7c0a83d7bd71306a5b867e95fd870f74d0c5308a904d5
model-00001-of-00004.safetensors4.90 GB99b343597fe840706146144699a8b9188dd3387e43eb61faf0231b70b249d451
model-00002-of-00004.safetensors4.92 GBdff635b0f6dbbaad2a2d633ef037ec0a39bc165cc1806c712fbd6fcbcb4526c0
model-00003-of-00004.safetensors4.98 GB30b1d4c53d84eb018f642cad7b373f0aabf79699872d8702c1f38577c0a59a2f
model-00004-of-00004.safetensors336 MB36cbc9c60375693629f25743c1e77ebb1724af58e671b2376463193c7fd21ef6
model.safetensors.index.json30.4 KBceaf1429bfa18eecc75d079737e8d1fe8dc0627f5ec7e6a985514626d1ac6a77
modules.json349 B84e40c8e006c9b1d6c122e02cba9b02458120b5fb0c87b746c41e0207cf642cf
tokenizer.json11.4 MB83cdf8c3a34f68862319cb1810ee7b1e2c0a44e0864ae930194ddb76bb7feb8d
tokenizer_config.json7.26 KB2f58f4bbd7bbce15d683f525954ef3a92cd82f5e06415a9c513859bf8ab72436
vocab.json2.78 MBca10d7e9fb3ed18575dd1e277a2579c16d108e32f27439684afa0e10b1440910

Use it

$ fw get Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
# manifest sha256 935b98317b8e… · 15.2 GB · 17 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3-Embedding-8B Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B.json --dir ./Qwen3-Embedding-8B $ python3 fw.py verify ./Qwen3-Embedding-8B ./Qwen__Qwen3-Embedding-8B.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B --revision 1d8ad4ca9b3dd8059ad90a75d4983776a23d44af --local-dir ./Qwen3-Embedding-8B
transformersLoad the weights in Python.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B", revision="1d8ad4ca9b3dd8059ad90a75d4983776a23d44af") model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B", revision="1d8ad4ca9b3dd8059ad90a75d4983776a23d44af", device_map="auto")
Run in Allternit Desktopcoming in Phase 1
Fine-tune in Freeweights Studiocoming in Phase 3

License

Name
Apache License 2.0
Id
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive
Redistribution
yes
Text in
LICENSE
Text sha256
832dd9e00a68dd83b3c3fb9f5588dad7dcf337a0db50f7d9483f310cd292e92e
Terms gate
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Provenance

From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.qwenSubject: Qwen3-Embedding-8BDate: 2026-11-14Commit: 1d8ad4cSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
Pinned commit
1d8ad4ca9b3dd8059ad90a75d4983776a23d44af
Manifest
Qwen3-Embedding-8B.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
935b98317b8e589b310342220219161ad7f60ed5bf4740767cf43390147f9bf7
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-14 06:34 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm Qwen3-Embedding-8B.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

A manifest whose signature fails must be rejected. A file whose size or sha256 does not match must be discarded. Verify a download

Get it
Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
Run in Allternit Desktopcoming in Phase 1
Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Qwen3-Embedding-8B.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B

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