This guide walks through importing a GGUF, PyTorch or Safetensors model.
Start by creating a Modelfile
. This file is the blueprint for your model, specifying weights, parameters, prompt templates and more.
FROM ./mistral-7b-v0.1.Q4_0.gguf
(Optional) many chat models require a prompt template in order to answer correctly. A default prompt template can be specified with the TEMPLATE
instruction in the Modelfile
:
FROM ./mistral-7b-v0.1.Q4_0.gguf
TEMPLATE "[INST] {{ .Prompt }} [/INST]"
Finally, create a model from your Modelfile
:
ollama create example -f Modelfile
Next, test the model with ollama run
:
ollama run example "What is your favourite condiment?"
Importing from PyTorch and Safetensors is a longer process than importing from GGUF. Improvements that make it easier are a work in progress.
First, clone the ollama/ollama
repo:
git clone git@github.com:ollama/ollama.git ollama
cd ollama
and then fetch its llama.cpp
submodule:
git submodule init
git submodule update llm/llama.cpp
Next, install the Python dependencies:
python3 -m venv llm/llama.cpp/.venv
source llm/llama.cpp/.venv/bin/activate
pip install -r llm/llama.cpp/requirements.txt
Then build the quantize
tool:
make -C llm/llama.cpp quantize
If the model is currently hosted in a HuggingFace repository, first clone that repository to download the raw model.
Install Git LFS, verify it's installed, and then clone the model's repository:
git lfs install
git clone https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1 model
Note: some model architectures require using specific convert scripts. For example, Qwen models require running
convert-hf-to-gguf.py
instead ofconvert.py
python llm/llama.cpp/convert.py ./model --outtype f16 --outfile converted.bin
llm/llama.cpp/quantize converted.bin quantized.bin q4_0
Next, create a Modelfile
for your model:
FROM quantized.bin
TEMPLATE "[INST] {{ .Prompt }} [/INST]"
Finally, create a model from your Modelfile
:
ollama create example -f Modelfile
Next, test the model with ollama run
:
ollama run example "What is your favourite condiment?"
Publishing models is in early alpha. If you'd like to publish your model to share with others, follow these steps:
- Create an account
- Copy your Ollama public key:
- macOS:
cat ~/.ollama/id_ed25519.pub | pbcopy
- Windows:
type %USERPROFILE%\.ollama\id_ed25519.pub
- Linux:
cat /usr/share/ollama/.ollama/id_ed25519.pub
- Add your public key to your Ollama account
Next, copy your model to your username's namespace:
ollama cp example <your username>/example
Note: model names may only contain lowercase letters, digits, and the characters
.
,-
, and_
.
Then push the model:
ollama push <your username>/example
After publishing, your model will be available at https://ollama.com/<your username>/example
.
The quantization options are as follow (from highest highest to lowest levels of quantization). Note: some architectures such as Falcon do not support K quants.
q2_K
q3_K
q3_K_S
q3_K_M
q3_K_L
q4_0
(recommended)q4_1
q4_K
q4_K_S
q4_K_M
q5_0
q5_1
q5_K
q5_K_S
q5_K_M
q6_K
q8_0
f16