CatalogWantedMirrorsLedgerOperating StatementDocsStudio statusCard system
alt.freeweights.qwen / Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.qwenSubject:

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct

Date: 2026-11-14Commit: 0c351ddSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Image text to text model with 8.8B parameters. Safetensors weights, 17.5 GB in all. Published by Qwen under Apache-2.0.

8.8B params17.5GBQwen3-VL-8B-Instructsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams8.8BSize17.5 GBFormatssafetensorsTaskimage text to textLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
# manifest sha256 3f06666f26ce… · 17.5 GB · 16 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
From sourceQwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-InstructLast check: 2026-11-14 06:33 UTC
Runs withvLLMSGLangFine-tune withAxolotlTRLPEFTUnsloth
OverviewFilesUse itLicenseProvenance

Overview

Size
17.5 GB
Weights
17.5 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
8.8B
Formats
safetensors
Task
image text to text
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
16, each with a sha256
Publisher
Qwen
Added
2026-11-14
Section
alt.freeweights.qwen
Lineage

Original release from the publisher.

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

Sources are tried in order. A file counts only when its size and sha256 match the manifest. Sources are checked when you ask for them, not on a timer.

Sources
BadgeHostLast checkResult
From sourcehuggingface.co2026-11-14 06:33 UTCpassed

Files

16 files · 17.5 GBWeights 17.5 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 16 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
README.md7.13 KB6d5d06e0c3f069097002445d30dce9ee107db3afaf15563f09e6df49b8dcb4d7
chat_template.json5.50 KB5c72a170d2a4a1a3bc5adad2e689ae28138a9700e5b8c96c0266331e86c0acce
config.json1.47 KB5cd452860dc1e9c29dd71cc3cef7f39b338b7a40793f7a260655c2d3568f3661
generation_config.json269 B8469742d1fce0de951c8909b26a2c0c0d8490837ce476efb114da9e0cefc4d44
merges.txt1.67 MB599bab54075088774b1733fde865d5bd747cbcc7a547c5bc12610e874e26f5e3
model-00001-of-00004.safetensors4.90 GBd5d0aef0eb170fc7453a296c43c0849a56f510555d3588e4fd662bb35490aefa
model-00002-of-00004.safetensors4.92 GB8be88fb5501e4d5719a6d4cc212e6a13480330e74f3e8c77daa1a68f199106b5
model-00003-of-00004.safetensors5.00 GB83de00eafe6e0d57ccd009dbcf71c9974d74df2f016c27afb7e95aafd16b2192
model-00004-of-00004.safetensors2.72 GB0a88b98e9f96270973f567e6a2c103ede6ccdf915ca3075e21c755604d0377a5
model.safetensors.index.json67.8 KB520b2e05079402e9468a8701d03d1154d14b2599593afb6effa7fb60c1bff070
preprocessor_config.json390 B27225450ac9c6529872ee1924fcb0962ff5634834f817040f444118116f4e516
tokenizer.json7.03 MBa5d85b6dcc535e6b93115a9ef287e6132fdbf30270da6218194ba742261173c7
tokenizer_config.json10.9 KBc2da771801886ad9ae98181793ffd3dfb7f1af30f6f7c6a4e15d7dbba52e2399
video_preprocessor_config.json385 B7768af27c1fafa9cc9011c1dc20067e03f8915e03b63504550e11d5066986d13
vocab.json2.78 MBca10d7e9fb3ed18575dd1e277a2579c16d108e32f27439684afa0e10b1440910

Use it

$ fw get Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
# manifest sha256 3f06666f26ce… · 17.5 GB · 16 files
$ fw verify ./Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct.json --dir ./Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct $ python3 fw.py verify ./Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct ./Qwen__Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct --revision 0c351dd01ed87e9c1b53cbc748cba10e6187ff3b --local-dir ./Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
transformersLoad the weights in Python.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import AutoModelForImageTextToText, AutoProcessor processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct", revision="0c351dd01ed87e9c1b53cbc748cba10e6187ff3b") model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct", revision="0c351dd01ed87e9c1b53cbc748cba10e6187ff3b", device_map="auto")
vLLMServe an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct --revision 0c351dd01ed87e9c1b53cbc748cba10e6187ff3b
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
README.md
Text sha256
6d5d06e0c3f069097002445d30dce9ee107db3afaf15563f09e6df49b8dcb4d7
Terms gate
No extra terms beyond the license.

Read the license text

Licenses are checked against the license list. A custom license passes only after a recorded human audit.

Provenance

From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.qwenSubject: Qwen3-VL-8B-InstructDate: 2026-11-14Commit: 0c351ddSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
Pinned commit
0c351dd01ed87e9c1b53cbc748cba10e6187ff3b
Manifest
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
3f06666f26cea5b1b178edf1aef6ecaff21c136c4802debc342b2dbb01c30a25
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-14 06:33 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct.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-VL-8B-Instruct
Run in Allternit Desktopcoming in Phase 1
Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct

Related models

All of alt.freeweights.qwen →
From: unsloth <huggingface.co/unsloth>Subject: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GGUF
From: XiaomiMiMo <huggingface.co/XiaomiMiMo>Subject: MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9B
From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Subject: Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B
From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Subject: Qwen-Image-2.1
From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Subject: Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo
From: Qwen <huggingface.co/Qwen>Subject: Qwen3-ASR-1.7B