---

base_model: coder3101/LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic

base_model_relation: quantized

library_name: gguf

license: other

license_name: lfm-1.0

license_link: https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-350M/blob/main/LICENSE

language:

• en
• ja
• ko
• fr
• es
• de
• ar
• zh

pipeline_tag: image-text-to-text

tags:

• gguf
• llama.cpp
• image-text-to-text
• heretic
• liquid-ai
• uncensored
• multimodal
• abliterated
• conversational
• q4_k_m
• q5_k_m
• q8_0

quantized_by: FadedRedStar

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🤖 LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic — GGUF

This repository hosts GGUF weights and the associated vision projection matrix for LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic, quantized from the source floating-point tensors provided by coder3101/LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic.

🔄 Sister Repository: Check out the Imatrix Sister Repository for enhanced precision at lower bit fractions.

> [!NOTE]

> If you plan on using 4-bit or 5-bit variants, consider the imatrix sister repository instead — importance matrix calibration improves logic retention at those bit depths. This repository is best suited if you want the near-lossless Q8_0 build.

ℹ️ Model Profile & Core Features

LFM2.5-VL-1.6B is the larger vision-language model in Liquid AI's LFM2.5-VL family, pairing the LFM2 hybrid language backbone (gated short convolutions interleaved with GQA) with a SigLIP2 NaFlex vision encoder for single- and multi-image understanding. It is designed to run comfortably on a single commodity GPU while supporting a 32,768-token context window, and ships with day-one support for llama.cpp, vLLM, and MLX.

The heretic suffix denotes post-processing via the Heretic v1.3.0 method performed by coder3101, which suppresses refusal behavior while preserving the model's vision-language capabilities.

📋 Technical Specifications

| Property | Value |

|---|---|

| Base Architecture | LFM2 hybrid (gated conv + GQA) + SigLIP2 NaFlex vision encoder |

| Developed by | Liquid AI |

| Total Parameters | 1.6B (LM + vision encoder) |

| Vision Encoder | SigLIP2 NaFlex, shape-optimized 400M |

| Primary Use | Single/multi-image understanding, visual Q&A |

| Context Window | 32,768 tokens |

| Vision Projector | Integrated (see repository files below) |

| Languages | English, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Chinese |

| Abliteration Tool | Heretic v1.3.0 |

| Prompt Format | ChatML |

🛠️ Heretic Overrides (ARA)

| Property | Value |

|---|---|

| direction_index | 10.24 |

| attn.o_proj.max_weight | 1.22 |

| attn.o_proj.max_weight_position | 10.01 |

| attn.o_proj.min_weight | 1.21 |

| attn.o_proj.min_weight_distance | 7.36 |

| mlp.down_proj.max_weight | 1.11 |

| mlp.down_proj.max_weight_position | 12.44 |

| mlp.down_proj.min_weight | 0.21 |

| mlp.down_proj.min_weight_distance | 5.13 |

📊 Refusal Bypass Metrics

> [!NOTE]

> The metrics below are self-reported by the original model author (coder3101) and have not been independently reproduced.

| Metric | This model | Original (LiquidAI/LFM2.5-VL-1.6B) |

|---|---|---|

| KL divergence | 0.0114 | 0 (by definition) |

| Refusals | 8/100 | 95/100 |

🧮 Numerical & Tensor Formats

| Property | Value |

|---|---|

| Text Tensors | Q4_K_M, Q5_K_M, Q8_0 |

| Vision Tensors | Q8_0, BF16 |

📦 Available Model Files

Main model weights

| Filename | Quantization | llama.cpp Build | Size | Download |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q4_K_M.gguf | Q4_K_M | b9860 | 697 MB | 📥 Download |

| LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q5_K_M.gguf | Q5_K_M | b9860 | 804 MB | 📥 Download |

| LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q8_0.gguf | Q8_0 | b9860 | 1.16 GB | 📥 Download |

mmproj — vision projector files

| Filename | Quantization | Size | Download |

|---|---|---|---|

| mmproj-LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q8_0.gguf | Q8_0 | 556 MB | 📥 Download |

| mmproj-LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-BF16.gguf | BF16 | 816 MB | 📥 Download |

🎛️ Component Pairing Guide

Download exactly one main weights file:

• Q4_K_M: Balanced 4-bit format suitable for most everyday use.
• Q5_K_M: Higher-fidelity mid-range format recommended as a general default.
• Q8_0: Near-lossless 8-bit format for when memory is not a constraint.

mmproj files (optional): multimodal vision projectors. Pass one via the --mmproj flag in llama.cpp to enable image input.

• BF16 (Recommended): Highest possible image processing accuracy. While older projectors were small, modern vision towers can hover around 1GB. If you are tight on VRAM, it is completely viable to run this on system RAM (CPU) with a minimal performance penalty, saving your precious GPU space for the main model layers.
• Q8_0: Cuts the projector file size and memory footprint in half (~500MB for larger 1GB files). Use this if you prefer to keep the vision tower hosted entirely on your GPU but need to claw back some VRAM to avoid Out-Of-Memory (OOM) crashes.

⚡ Deployment & Execution Commands

> [!IMPORTANT]

> The vision projector (--mmproj) must be supplied at runtime whenever image inputs are used. Omitting it disables multimodal capability entirely.

> [!NOTE]

> LiquidAI recommends the following sampling configuration for best results:

> * Text: temperature=0.1, min_p=0.15, repetition_penalty=1.05.

> * Vision: min_image_tokens=64, max_image_tokens=256, do_image_splitting=True.

> [!TIP]

> Swap the -m filename below for either quantized file depending on your size/quality trade-off preference.

llama.cpp CLI (with image)

./llama-cli \
  -m LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --mmproj mmproj-LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q8_0.gguf \
  -c 8192 \
  -ngl 99 \
  --image "path/to/image.jpg" \
  -p "<|im_start|>user\nDescribe what you see in this image.<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n"

OpenAI-Compatible API Server

./llama-server \
  --host 0.0.0.0 \
  --port 8080 \
  -m LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --mmproj mmproj-LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-heretic-Q8_0.gguf \
  -c 16384 \
  -ngl 99 \
  --flash-attn

💬 Chat Templates & Prompt Design (ChatML)

<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful multimodal assistant.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Your question or image payload here.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant

⚠️ Safety & Operational Notes

• This model is abliterated and will generate content that standard aligned models refuse. Use responsibly and in compliance with applicable laws.
• Fits comfortably on a single GPU with at least 8 GB VRAM at quantized precision.
• Context window is limited to 32,768 tokens — shorter than the text-only LFM2.5 models.
• Vision tensors are kept at BF16 or Q8_0 depending on the mmproj variant chosen, to preserve visual feature quality.
• For better output quality at this quantization level, consider the imatrix variant in the companion repository.