Libraries Transformers How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline
pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF") # pip install -U transformers accelerate
# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoModel
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF", device_map="auto") Notebooks Google Colab Kaggle Local Apps Settings llama.cpp How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with llama.cpp:
Install (macOS, Linux) curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Install from WinGet (Windows) winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Use pre-built binary # Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Build from source code git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Use Docker docker model run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL LM Studio Jan vLLM How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model # Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
"model": "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
}
}
]
}
]
}' Use Docker docker model run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL SGLang How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF 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 "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF" \
--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": "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
}
}
]
}
]
}' 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 "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF" \
--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": "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
}
}
]
}
]
}' Ollama How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with Ollama:
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Unsloth Desktop Pi How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with Pi:
Start the llama.cpp server # Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Configure the model in Pi # Install Pi:
npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
"providers": {
"llama-cpp": {
"baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
"api": "openai-completions",
"apiKey": "none",
"models": [
{
"id": "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL"
}
]
}
}
} Run Pi # Start Pi in your project directory:
pi Docker Model Runner How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Lemonade How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with Lemonade:
Pull the model # Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Run and chat with the model lemonade run user.Kimi-K3-GGUF-UD-Q4_K_XL List all available models lemonade list Hermes Agent How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with Hermes Agent:
Start the llama.cpp server # Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Configure Hermes # Install Hermes:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
# Point Hermes at the local server:
hermes config set model.provider custom
hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
hermes config set model.default unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Run Hermes hermes Atomic Chat OpenClaw How to use unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF with OpenClaw:
Start the llama.cpp server # Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL Configure OpenClaw # Install OpenClaw:
npm install -g openclaw@latest
# Register the local server and set it as the default model:
openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \
--auth-choice custom-api-key \
--custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \
--custom-model-id "unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL" \
--custom-provider-id llama-cpp \
--custom-compatibility openai \
--custom-text-input \
--accept-risk \
--skip-health Run OpenClaw openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face" 
