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Hugging Face / VISION
SmolVLM-256M-Instruct
A small vision-language instruction model for image descriptions and questions with limited compute.
Source reviewed 2026-10-24 · AiBrainWorX editorial summary
- Creator
- Hugging Face
- Parameters
- 256M
- Context
- Task-specific; see the reviewed source and runtime
- License
- apache-2.0
01 / CAPABILITIES
What it is built for
- Small visual model
- External task-specific runtime; not integrated into launcher chat
Inputs: Images + text
Runtime limits and on-device memory must be validated separately.
02 / ON YOUR MACHINE
Very small model / edge candidate; runtime validation required
Needs its image processor and a runtime supporting this architecture. Not every GGUF/ONNX/chat server supports it.
External task-specific runtime; not integrated into launcher chat
Runtime and training workflow
Transformers vision-language runtime · Validated ONNX/mobile export
External vision SFT. Training suitability requires exact checkpoint format and prepared data; a catalog entry is not a completed training test.
03 / WHAT IS VERIFIED
Evidence, with context
Source reviewed only. No local model or Android inference test performed.
We have not added a benchmark number without documenting its test conditions. A model-card capability is not a measured speed or quality guarantee on your hardware.
04 / OWNERSHIP & USE
apache-2.0
Review the exact checkpoint, voice assets and applicable upstream notices; model references do not grant new rights.
AiBrainWorX authors this profile and the launcher. Hugging Face remains the model’s creator. Models are not rebranded as our own weights.
05 / GO DEEPER
Original sources & model files
This page is our concise summary, not a mirror of the full upstream card. Review the original documentation and exact artifact before downloading.
Reviewed revision: 7e3e67edbbed · Specifications may change after the review date.