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license_link: https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-base-9B/blob/main/LICENSE.md
extra_gated_prompt: "Access is for non-commercial use under the FLUX Non-Commercial License and Black Forest Labs Acceptable Use Policy. This repository is a quantized derivative of a gated Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Klein 9B model."
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base_model: black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-base-9B
pipeline_tag: text-to-image
library_name: mlx-gen
tags:
- mlx
- mlx-gen
- mflux
- apple-silicon
- 8-bit
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---
# flux.2-klein-base-9b-8bit

This repository contains MLX-Gen saved weights for `black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-base-9B`. The checkpoint is designed for local Apple Silicon inference with [`mlx-gen`](https://github.com/lpalbou/mlx-gen).

It uses the mflux/MLX saved-weight layout and MLX quantization tensors. It is not a Diffusers or Transformers `from_pretrained()` checkpoint.

## Source Model

Original model: [`black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-base-9B`](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-base-9B).

## License and Access

This checkpoint is a quantized derivative of a gated Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 Klein 9B source model. The source model is distributed under the [FLUX Non-Commercial License](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-base-9B/blob/main/LICENSE.md).

Host this derivative as a gated Hugging Face repository and require users to accept the same non-commercial license terms and [Black Forest Labs Acceptable Use Policy](https://bfl.ai/legal/usage-policy) before accessing the files.

## Quantization

This is an MLX q8 checkpoint. Quantizable modules are saved at 8-bit where the model layout supports MLX quantization; VAE weights and non-quantizable layers remain BF16.

## Compatibility

Requires `mlx-gen >= 0.18.2`.

Generated with `mlx-gen 0.18.2`.

Use the `mlxgen` command and Python import path for new MLX-Gen projects.

## Usage

```bash
python -m pip install -U mlx-gen

mlxgen download --model AbstractFramework/flux.2-klein-base-9b-8bit

mlxgen generate \
  --model AbstractFramework/flux.2-klein-base-9b-8bit \
  --prompt "Your prompt here" \
  --steps 20 \
  --seed 42 \
  --output image.png
```

## Attribution

MLX-Gen is based on [mflux](https://github.com/filipstrand/mflux) by Filip Strand and the original mflux contributors. This model card is generated by MLX-Gen so derived checkpoints keep that attribution visible.

Quantized and contributed by [@lpalbou](https://huggingface.co/lpalbou).