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context-1-MLX-6bit

mlx-community/context-1-MLX-6bit
6-bit Open on Hugging Face
Parameters
21B
Weights (est.)
≈ 17.0 GB
Mac memory (est.)
24 GB+

Size is estimated from the parameter count and quantisation. Memory allows a fifth extra for context plus 2 GB for the system; long contexts need more.

Run it

With mlx-lm on an Apple silicon Mac:

pip install mlx-lmmlx_lm.generate --model mlx-community/context-1-MLX-6bit --prompt "Hello"

Details

Base model
chromadb/context-1 (quantized)
Vendor
chromadb
Task
Text generation
Quantisation
6-bit
Licence
apache-2.0
Downloads
32 in the last 30 days · 452 all time · 0 likes
Published
2026-03-31 · updated 2026-03-31 (7mo ago)
Languages
en
Tags
gpt_oss, mixture-of-experts, 6bit, quantized, apple-silicon, agentic, retrieval, search, tool-calling, lm-studio

Other MLX builds of chromadb/context-1

Build Quantisation Weights Mac memory Downloads
context-1-MLX-4bit 4-bit ≈ 11.8 GB 16 GB+ 36
context-1-MLX-6bit (this one) 6-bit ≈ 17.0 GB 24 GB+ 32