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QuantFactory/granite-3.0-8b-base-GGUF is an open-weights language model for text generation published by QuantFactory, added to Hugging Bay Jun 30, 2026. Model from Hugging Face for text generation: QuantFactory/granite-3.0-8b-base-GGUF · transformers

Q: Can I use it commercially?

It is released under the apache-2.0 license. Commercial use is allowed. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted.

Q: How big is it?

QuantFactory/granite-3.0-8b-base-GGUF has 8B parameters. Hosted here: 1 file, 4.94 GB. Full repo upstream: 73.1 GB. The recommended download, granite-3.0-8b-base.Q4_K_M.gguf (Q4_K_M), is 4.94 GB.

Q: What can I download here?

Hosted here: 1 file, 4.94 GB. Full repo upstream: 73.1 GB. The original release is at https://huggingface.co/QuantFactory/granite-3.0-8b-base-GGUF.

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text generationLicense: apache-2.0SHA-256 recorded for 14 of 16 filesGGUF

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