Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct safetensors | Hugging Bay

Q: What is this model?

unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is an open-weights language model for text generation published by unsloth, added to Hugging Bay Sep 18, 2026. Model from Hugging Face for text generation: unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · transformers

Q: Can I use it commercially?

It is released under the llama3.1 license. Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Commercial use is permitted with obligations: Llama community license: commercial use allowed; if your products/services exceeded 700 million monthly active users (Section 2, Additional Commercial Terms) you must request a license from Meta first; the acceptable-use policy and attribution notice apply.

Q: How big is it?

unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct has 8B parameters. Hosted here: 10 files, 16.1 GB. Full repo upstream: 16.1 GB. The recommended download, a 4-file weight set, is 16.1 GB.

Q: What can I download here?

Hosted here: 10 files, 16.1 GB. Full repo upstream: 16.1 GB. The original release is at https://huggingface.co/unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct.

Q: File pattern scans

Automated file-pattern scans flagged nothing; not a safety guarantee. 10 hosted files carry a published SHA-256 you can re-hash. The machine-readable verdict is at /api/artifacts/hf-model-unsloth-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/safety on Hugging Bay.

Q: Will unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct run on my computer?

We can’t check the fit; we don’t know your machine. We don’t have your machine’s specs, so no check ran and no verdict is shown. Answer two quick questions and we’ll estimate, from the memory you tell us, whether it fits your machine. Or skip it; you can still download; fit isn’t checked.

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Meta Llama 3.1 8B

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Model details

text generationLicense: llama3.1SHA-256 recorded for 10 of 12 filessafetensors

Can I run it?View as JSON →

Quick answer: compatibility and sources

Can I run Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct on my computer?

It depends on your memory, processor, file format and runtime. A download is not confirmed by the current file evidence; inspect the file record before trying it. A file-size fit is an estimate, not a successful run or speed promise. Read the license before use.

Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is an open-weights language model for text generation. Model weights are learned parameters; a runtime loads them. A hosted file is an individual file Hugging Bay can serve. SHA-256 identifies exact file bytes. The availability date above applies to this file record, not the upstream metadata update date.

As of the recorded file availability check on 2026-10-29.

Recorded SHA-256 for model-00001-of-00004.safetensors: 2b1879f356aed350030bb40eb45ad362c89d9891096f79a3ab323d3ba5607668. Exact file evidence · Machine-readable source facts · Run evidence and any recorded receipts. A checksum fingerprints only the named file bytes; it does not prove safety, quality, a complete multi-file selection or a successful run.

Updated 2026-10-21 · Page-copy source revision 8871bab84e1cf80aea1686a944ec335078a6c036 · Source files: apps/web/lib/model-page-template.mjs, apps/web/lib/model-page-v3.mjs, apps/web/lib/aeo-page.mjs · Full revision record

Model metadata: As of 2026-09-18 at the model source. Popularity counters are source-reported, not measured by Hugging Bay. Availability checked 2026-10-29.

Key facts

Catalog record: Summarizes upstream metadata; it is not itself a download or run receipt.
File evidence: Lists exact filenames, availability and any recorded SHA-256 for individual files.
Run evidence: Reports measured results only when a receipt exists for named file bytes and a setup; otherwise unmeasured.
Checksum scope: SHA-256 fingerprints one file’s bytes; it does not prove safety, quality or a multi-file bundle.

Evidence you can inspect (plain text)

This page’s quick answer names the file record for hf-model-unsloth-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct.
Open /artifact/hf-model-unsloth-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/files for this exact filenames, availability and any recorded SHA-256.
Open /evidence/artifacts/hf-model-unsloth-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct for run-readiness evidence tied to that record; absent receipts stay unmeasured.
Open /api/artifacts/hf-model-unsloth-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/card.md for machine-readable source facts (not a runtime test).
A matching checksum on this page fingerprints only the named bytes shown in file evidence.

Unmeasured states are stated explicitly; this page does not invent run scores or compatibility guarantees.

Which date applies to which fact

File availability check: 2026-10-29
Committed page-copy sources: 2026-10-21
Upstream model metadata: Dates on artifact records when shown; not implied by page-copy revision
Run receipts: Only on /evidence pages when recorded; otherwise unmeasured

Page-copy revision (Updated line above) identifies committed text sources, not upstream model edits or test outcomes.

Requirements and source record

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unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

Content controls: not assessed.

The catalog lists this model for having conversations. Catalog sources: license, cardMetadata.license, baseModel, tags, task, cardMetadata.pipelineTag.

Download availability is being checked.

Hashes recorded. Date not recorded.

File	Tamaño	SHA-256	Origen	Descargar
Weights
`model-00001-of-00004.safetensors`	4.98 GB	`2b1879f3…a5607668` `2b1879f356aed350030bb40eb45ad362c89d9891096f79a3ab323d3ba5607668`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`model-00002-of-00004.safetensors`	5 GB	`09d433f6…58f9af15` `09d433f650646834a83c580877bd60c6d1f88f7755305c12576b5c7058f9af15`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`model-00003-of-00004.safetensors`	4.92 GB	`fc1cdddd…ae9ea7fa` `fc1cdddd6bfa91128d6e94ee73d0ce62bfcdb7af29e978ddcab30c66ae9ea7fa`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`model-00004-of-00004.safetensors`	1.17 GB	`92ecfe1a…309d6d7b` `92ecfe1a2414458b4821ac8c13cf8cb70aed66b5eea8dc5ad9eeb4ff309d6d7b`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
Tokenizer & config
`config.json`	956 bytes	`073b48b1…213b6799` `073b48b1c601acd5e592000aaf13131055f26bb22e8fc71befced9b9213b6799`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`generation_config.json`	239 bytes	`280388b9…15290f7f` `280388b9a56fc9ad1f05d9096dc399ff6b5cf4a9c0a0a48d9ccc1dbc15290f7f`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`model.safetensors.index.json`	23.9 KB	`146776fc…a6e5d37b` `146776fce3f6db1103aa6f249e65ee5544c5923ce6f971b092eee79aa6e5d37b`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`special_tokens_map.json`	454 bytes	`94e708c3…ed586e8f` `94e708c3f5e64acf85bbe5ad01467a1248faadb73e83b41793087ecced586e8f`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`tokenizer.json`	17.2 MB	`6b9e4e7f…be39537b` `6b9e4e7fb171f92fd137b777cc2714bf87d11576700a1dcd7a399e7bbe39537b`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`tokenizer_config.json`	55.5 KB	`4d18eae3…e8b3da67` `4d18eae3017839b17cb3598f589b62ec212652d183582ee0fc33a4f1e8b3da67`	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
Docs
`.gitattributes`	1.57 KB	—	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata
`README.md`	3.55 KB	—	Download availability is being checked.	File metadata

Comprobar una descarga

In the folder where you saved config.json, run:

macOS

shasum -a 256 -- 'config.json'

Linux

sha256sum -- 'config.json'

Windows

Get-FileHash -LiteralPath 'config.json' -Algorithm SHA256

Compare the result with the recorded SHA-256.