Instructions to use google/gemma-2-2b-it with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use google/gemma-2-2b-it with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="google/gemma-2-2b-it") messages = [ {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"}, ] pipe(messages)# Load model directly from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("google/gemma-2-2b-it") model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("google/gemma-2-2b-it") 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
- vLLM
How to use google/gemma-2-2b-it with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "google/gemma-2-2b-it" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "google/gemma-2-2b-it", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/google/gemma-2-2b-it
- SGLang
How to use google/gemma-2-2b-it 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 "google/gemma-2-2b-it" \ --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": "google/gemma-2-2b-it", "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 "google/gemma-2-2b-it" \ --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": "google/gemma-2-2b-it", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }' - Docker Model Runner
How to use google/gemma-2-2b-it with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/google/gemma-2-2b-it
unable to access model despite clicking on prompted button to gain access.
now it simply says that I am awaiting access from owners. Please help.
Same problem for one week now
Same here :(
Found the answer here: https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-2-9b-it/discussions/53
You have to request access through kaggle
me too.
Hi @fredwang1972 and @Khyatikhandelwal20 ,
For now to get instant approval could you please visit the Kaggle page for Gemma and request access to the model weights through Hugging Face. Kindly find this kaggle page reference link.
Thank you.
Hi @fredwang1972 and @Khyatikhandelwal20 ,
Follow the link provided below and complete the steps to gain access to the “Google Gemma models on HuggingFace”.
https://www.kaggle.com/models/google/gemma-2/license/consent
Click on “Verify via Hugging Face” and also click “continue with Hugging Face”.
By following above step then will get as
Click on "Authorize," which will redirect you to the Kaggle Gemma Consent Form page. Fill out the required fields, accept the terms, and you will receive access to the Google Gemma models on HuggingFace in less than a minute.
Kindly try and let me know if you have any concerns. Thank you.


