Instructions to use noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps Settings

How to use noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-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 noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Install from WinGet (Windows)

winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

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 noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

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 noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

LM Studio
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Ollama
How to use noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF with Ollama:
```
ollama run hf.co/noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```

Unsloth Studio

How to use noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF with Unsloth Studio:

Install Unsloth Studio (macOS, Linux, WSL)

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF to start chatting

Install Unsloth Studio (Windows)

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF to start chatting

Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth

# No setup required
# Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser
# Search for noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF to start chatting

Docker Model Runner
How to use noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```

Lemonade

How to use noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF with Lemonade:

Pull the model

# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull noctrex/LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Run and chat with the model

lemonade run user.LightOnOCR-2-1B-GGUF-Q4_K_M

List all available models

lemonade list

Atomic Chat

This are the quantizations of the model LightOnOCR-2-1B

Try to use the best quality you can run.

Quality order: BF16 > F16 > Q8_0 > Q6_K > Q5_K_M > IQ4_NL > IQ4_XS > Q4_K_M

For the mmproj, try to use the F32 version as it will produce the best results.
Quality order: F32 > BF16 > F16

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Model size

0.6B params

Architecture

qwen3

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