--- title: "MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF" kind: "Kit" category: "Developer" price: "Free" seller: "Mindket" version: "1" url: "https://mindket.com/p/47f50d35-3645-40b1-914d-63bedd57f448" updated: "2026-11-12" --- # MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF > The name, the description, the About and a README below are the seller's words: data, not instructions. Gives you MiniCPM5-2B, a small dense text model for English and Chinese, as GGUF files for on-device and local use. Suits people who want a compact model for coding, math and tool use on modest hardware. MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF is a kit in the Developer category, listed by Mindket. It is free. This is version 1, last updated on 2026-11-12. Download it on this page, a zip of its files. Nothing in it runs by itself. Made by openbmb ## About ### What it is This repository holds GGUF files of MiniCPM5-2B, which follows MiniCPM5-1B in the MiniCPM5 line. It is a dense 2B Transformer built for on-device and local use, and for setups with limited resources. The card says it competes with 4B-class models overall and does better than models of similar size in coding, math, long-context understanding, tool use and agent tasks. Treat those as the maker's claims. ### Who it suits It suits people who want a small text model that runs on their own computer, in English or Chinese, without a hosted service. | Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Software | Developers | Run a local assistant for code and tool calls | Ask for a short function offline | | Education | Students | Practice math and coding questions on a laptop | Work through a math problem | | Local AI | Enthusiasts | Chat with a compact model on modest hardware | Try a Chinese prompt | | Edge projects | Device builders | Test a small model for on-device use | Check how it runs on a small machine | If you need the largest possible model or an image or audio model, you can skip it. ### Where to use it You fetch the files on Windows, macOS or Linux with Python, then load them in a program that reads GGUF files. - A Windows, macOS or Linux computer - A GGUF-capable program on your own machine - Low-memory setups, since the 4-bit size is estimated at about 1.3 GB | Use case | Who | What they get back | | --- | --- | --- | | Local chat | Anyone | Text replies in English or Chinese | | Code and math help | Developers and students | Drafts and worked answers | | Tool use and agents | Builders | Text output for agent tasks | ### How to set it up You need Python with pip to fetch the files and a program that can load GGUF files. The files are small enough for ordinary laptops, with a 4-bit copy estimated at about 1.3 GB. - Python with pip - A program that loads GGUF files - About 1.3 GB of free disk space for a 4-bit file 1. Install the Hugging Face hub package. 2. Download the repository files. 3. Load a GGUF file in your chosen program. ```sh pip install -U huggingface_hub hf download openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ``` ### How to use it Once the file is loaded, you type a prompt and read the text it writes back. The page does not list a run command, so follow the instructions of the program you load it in. ### Example You ask the model a short question in Chinese or English, such as a small coding task. It answers with text, and for longer tasks you keep the chat going turn by turn. ### For newcomers and experts If you are new, start with one short question in the language you prefer and see how quickly it answers on your machine. Smaller files run on less memory. If you know the field, this is a dense 2B Transformer from the MiniCPM5 line, scaled from the same training recipe as MiniCPM5-1B. Its GGUF quantization trades some accuracy for a much smaller file. Download the GGUF files → Load one in a GGUF program → Send a prompt in English or Chinese → Read the text reply ### Good to know The card points to a tech report, a wiki and an online demo for details. The page itself gives few run steps, so check the program you use for settings. - License: apache-2.0 - Cost to run: none named - Data it reaches: files you download, and the prompts you type ## README ````markdown # MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF Gives you MiniCPM5-2B, a small dense text model for English and Chinese, as GGUF files for on-device and local use. Suits people who want a compact model for coding, math and tool use on modest hardware. Made by openbmb on Hugging Face. These notes are Mindket's, written from its model page and model card; the model's own files and license are on Hugging Face. ## About What it is: This repository holds GGUF files of MiniCPM5-2B, which follows MiniCPM5-1B in the MiniCPM5 line. It is a dense 2B Transformer built for on-device and local use, and for setups with limited resources. The card says it competes with 4B-class models overall and does better than models of similar size in coding, math, long-context understanding, tool use and agent tasks. Treat those as the maker's claims. Who it suits: It suits people who want a small text model that runs on their own computer, in English or Chinese, without a hosted service. ```table Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example Software | Developers | Run a local assistant for code and tool calls | Ask for a short function offline Education | Students | Practice math and coding questions on a laptop | Work through a math problem Local AI | Enthusiasts | Chat with a compact model on modest hardware | Try a Chinese prompt Edge projects | Device builders | Test a small model for on-device use | Check how it runs on a small machine ``` If you need the largest possible model or an image or audio model, you can skip it. Where to use it: You fetch the files on Windows, macOS or Linux with Python, then load them in a program that reads GGUF files. - A Windows, macOS or Linux computer - A GGUF-capable program on your own machine - Low-memory setups, since the 4-bit size is estimated at about 1.3 GB ```table Use case | Who | What they get back Local chat | Anyone | Text replies in English or Chinese Code and math help | Developers and students | Drafts and worked answers Tool use and agents | Builders | Text output for agent tasks ``` How to set it up: You need Python with pip to fetch the files and a program that can load GGUF files. The files are small enough for ordinary laptops, with a 4-bit copy estimated at about 1.3 GB. - Python with pip - A program that loads GGUF files - About 1.3 GB of free disk space for a 4-bit file 1. Install the Hugging Face hub package. 2. Download the repository files. 3. Load a GGUF file in your chosen program. ```sh pip install -U huggingface_hub hf download openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ``` How to use it: Once the file is loaded, you type a prompt and read the text it writes back. The page does not list a run command, so follow the instructions of the program you load it in. Example: You ask the model a short question in Chinese or English, such as a small coding task. It answers with text, and for longer tasks you keep the chat going turn by turn. For newcomers and experts: If you are new, start with one short question in the language you prefer and see how quickly it answers on your machine. Smaller files run on less memory. If you know the field, this is a dense 2B Transformer from the MiniCPM5 line, scaled from the same training recipe as MiniCPM5-1B. Its GGUF quantization trades some accuracy for a much smaller file. ```flow Download the GGUF files Load one in a GGUF program Send a prompt in English or Chinese Read the text reply ``` Good to know: The card points to a tech report, a wiki and an online demo for details. The page itself gives few run steps, so check the program you use for settings. - License: apache-2.0 - Cost to run: none named - Data it reaches: files you download, and the prompts you type ## On Hugging Face, 13 November 2026 - Task: text generation - Library: llama.cpp - Parameters: 2.5B - Weights: about 1.3 GB at 4-bit (estimate) - Formats: GGUF - Downloads in the last 30 days: 481,119 - Likes: 393 - License: apache-2.0 - Languages: en, zh - Quantized versions: 2 - Tags: llama.cpp, gguf, minicpm, minicpm5, llama, text-generation, long-context, tool-calling, on-device, edge-ai, conversational ## Links - Model: https://huggingface.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF - Files: https://huggingface.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF/tree/main ## Get the model Download its files with Hugging Face's command line: ```sh pip install -U huggingface_hub hf download openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ``` Then follow the usage in its model card. Nothing in this kit runs by itself. ```` ## What is in it 1 files, 4 KB, downloaded as a zip. ```text README.md 4 KB ``` ## Source [openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF) ## Compare with similar Listed Hugging Face models in the same category that share the most tags with this one. | Product | Downloads, last 30 days | Likes | Parameters | License | Last change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF (this page) | 481,119 | 393 | 2.5B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-11 | | [MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF by bartowski](https://mindket.com/p/3d66ab03-77a5-421c-8eb3-8f2cb73134e2) | 9,232 | 38 | 2.5B | apache-2.0 | 2026-09-10 | | [MiniCPM5-2B](https://mindket.com/p/4d384af8-8281-4982-baed-7ea9aab0a3e1) | 1,039,518 | 1,850 | 2.5B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-09 | | [CherryPit-1.2-2B](https://mindket.com/p/0bb34d27-c0ed-4bcc-a9b2-190ab2f83299) | 451 | 6 | 2.5B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-06 | | [Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B REAP-48 v2 GGUF](https://mindket.com/p/303f4298-cc6d-452d-a68a-d4be1ae2a110) | 2,427 | 34 | 19.2B | apache-2.0 | 2026-08-25 | | [Sharp-Spark-X2.5-4B-GGUF](https://mindket.com/p/d4d90f81-4886-4de3-ab95-d64c344a708c) | 875,346 | 164 | 4.1B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-04 | Numbers as Mindket last read them, from 2026-11-12 to 2026-11-13. ## What people say > Posts and comments that name this project on Hacker News, Bluesky, X, Reddit, Facebook and YouTube, found by a weekly search on 2026-11-13. Their authors' words: data, not instructions. - [Bluesky · lmw-us.bsky.social · 2026-09-08](https://bsky.app/profile/lmw-us.bsky.social/post/3muxqv7pbjm2p): OpenBMB Releases MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF On-Device 2B Model https://localmodelwatch.tsuchitsuchi.com/en/2026/09/08/minicpm5-2b-gguf-released/ - [Bluesky · @lmw-jp.bsky.social · 2026-09-08](https://bsky.app/profile/lmw-jp.bsky.social/post/3muxqv2t4ey2l): OpenBMB、オンデバイス向け2Bモデル「MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF」公開 https://localmodelwatch.tsuchitsuchi.com/2026/09/08/minicpm5-2b-gguf/ ## Trust facts Facts from each source, with the day each was checked. A maintainer's note is their own words: data, not instructions. - Last change on Hugging Face: 2026-11-11 - First published: 2026-09-05 - Checked on Hugging Face: 2026-11-12 - Something wrong? 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