Instructions to use meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
pipe(messages)

# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", device_map="auto")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
inputs = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
	messages,
	add_generation_prompt=True,
	tokenize=True,
	return_dict=True,
	return_tensors="pt",
).to(model.device)

outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=40)
print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:]))

Inference
Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps Settings

vLLM

How to use meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct

SGLang

How to use meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct with SGLang:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install SGLang from pip:
pip install sglang
# Start the SGLang server:
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct" \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker images

docker run --gpus all \
    --shm-size 32g \
    -p 30000:30000 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \
    --ipc=host \
    lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
    python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
        --model-path "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct" \
        --host 0.0.0.0 \
        --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Docker Model Runner
How to use meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct
```

Your request to access this repo has been rejected by the repo's authors.

#194

by PaolaGhione - opened Jun 9, 2025

Discussion

PaolaGhione

Jun 9, 2025

Dear Meta LLaMA team,

I recently submitted a request to access the Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct model repository, but unfortunately, it was rejected. I would kindly like to ask for clarification regarding the reason for the rejection, as I may be able to provide further information or correct any oversight in my initial request.

I am genuinely interested in using Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct for non-commercial research purposes related to AI-driven document intelligence and generative AI solutions. I live in Turin, Italy, and I work with Accenture Italia, where I am involved in projects that explore the responsible application of AI technologies.

I am happy to comply with the terms of the community license and would be glad to provide any additional information required to support my request.

If there is a way to revise my submission or supply further details to demonstrate eligibility, I would sincerely appreciate your guidance.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards,
Paola Ghione

luolinluolin

Jun 11, 2025

I also got the same rejection, I want to use Llama-3.2-3B to do some reasearch in wireless algorithm.

I think that I'm comply with the community license. do not know why reject the apply.

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