Instructions to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="Keyven/german-ocr-3")
messages = [
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": [
            {"type": "image", "url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/p-blog/candy.JPG"},
            {"type": "text", "text": "What animal is on the candy?"}
        ]
    },
]
pipe(text=messages)

# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoModel
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("Keyven/german-ocr-3", dtype="auto")

llama-cpp-python

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with llama-cpp-python:

# !pip install llama-cpp-python

from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama.from_pretrained(
	repo_id="Keyven/german-ocr-3",
	filename="german-ocr-3-Q4_K_M.gguf",
)

llm.create_chat_completion(
	messages = [
		{
			"role": "user",
			"content": [
				{
					"type": "text",
					"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
				},
				{
					"type": "image_url",
					"image_url": {
						"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
					}
				}
			]
		}
	]
)

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

llama.cpp

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with llama.cpp:

Install from brew

brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

Install from WinGet (Windows)

winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

Use pre-built binary

# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

Build from source code

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

LM Studio
Jan

vLLM

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "Keyven/german-ocr-3"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "Keyven/german-ocr-3",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": [
					{
						"type": "text",
						"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
					},
					{
						"type": "image_url",
						"image_url": {
							"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

SGLang

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with SGLang:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install SGLang from pip:
pip install sglang
# Start the SGLang server:
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path "Keyven/german-ocr-3" \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "Keyven/german-ocr-3",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": [
					{
						"type": "text",
						"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
					},
					{
						"type": "image_url",
						"image_url": {
							"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker images

docker run --gpus all \
    --shm-size 32g \
    -p 30000:30000 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \
    --ipc=host \
    lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
    python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
        --model-path "Keyven/german-ocr-3" \
        --host 0.0.0.0 \
        --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "Keyven/german-ocr-3",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": [
					{
						"type": "text",
						"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
					},
					{
						"type": "image_url",
						"image_url": {
							"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Ollama
How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with Ollama:
```
ollama run hf.co/Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M
```

Unsloth Studio new

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with Unsloth Studio:

Install Unsloth Studio (macOS, Linux, WSL)

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for Keyven/german-ocr-3 to start chatting

Install Unsloth Studio (Windows)

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for Keyven/german-ocr-3 to start chatting

Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth

# No setup required
# Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser
# Search for Keyven/german-ocr-3 to start chatting

Pi new

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with Pi:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "llama-cpp": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "german-ocr-3"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Docker Model Runner
How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M
```

Lemonade

How to use Keyven/german-ocr-3 with Lemonade:

Pull the model

# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull Keyven/german-ocr-3:Q4_K_M

Run and chat with the model

lemonade run user.german-ocr-3-Q4_K_M

List all available models

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@@ -66,10 +66,14 @@ Zwei Editionen, beide Apache-2.0, beide unter 3 GB:
 ## Größenvergleich
-![Modellgrößen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Keyvanhardani/German-OCR-3-Dev/main/assets/charts/01_size_vs_competitors.png)
 `german-ocr-3` (2.7 GB) ist **6× kleiner** als ein typischer 7B-OCR-VLM, läuft auf einer **8 GB-Gaming-GPU** oder über CPU auf einem normalen Laptop.
 ---
 ## Quickstart
@@ -160,10 +164,22 @@ Wer es **gemanagt** und mit größeren Modellen will:
 ## Lizenz
-Apache License 2.0. Vollständige Attribution (inkl. Architektur-Credit) in [`NOTICE`](NOTICE).
 ## Zitation
 ```bibtex
 @misc{german_ocr_3_2026,
   title  = {German-OCR-3: A compact German document-OCR distribution},
@@ -171,4 +187,19 @@ Apache License 2.0. Vollständige Attribution (inkl. Architektur-Credit) in [`NO
   year   = {2026},
   url    = {https://github.com/Keyvanhardani/German-OCR-3-Dev}
 }
 ```

 ## Größenvergleich
+![Modellgrößen](charts/01_size_vs_competitors.png)
 `german-ocr-3` (2.7 GB) ist **6× kleiner** als ein typischer 7B-OCR-VLM, läuft auf einer **8 GB-Gaming-GPU** oder über CPU auf einem normalen Laptop.
+![Praxistest](charts/02_ionos_validity.png)
+![Latenz](charts/04_latency.png)
 ---
 ## Quickstart
 ## Lizenz
+**Apache License 2.0** für die gesamte German-OCR-3-Distribution (Modelfiles, System-Prompt, Schemas, Docs, GGUFs).
+## Credit & Attribution
+German-OCR-3 baut auf der hervorragenden Arbeit des **Qwen-Teams bei Alibaba Group** auf. Die zugrundeliegende Vision-Language-Architektur stammt aus der **Qwen 3.5 Small Series**, veröffentlicht unter Apache License 2.0. Ohne die offene Forschung und die saubere Veröffentlichung der Qwen-Weights wäre dieses Projekt nicht möglich.
+* **Qwen 3.5** — https://huggingface.co/Qwen · https://qwen.ai
+* **Apache License 2.0** (Weights) — © 2025–2026 Qwen Team, Alibaba Group
+* **Qwen2.5-VL Technical Report** — arXiv:2502.13923
+Vollständiger Attribution-Text in [`NOTICE`](NOTICE).
 ## Zitation
+Wenn du German-OCR-3 in Forschung oder Produktion verwendest, zitiere bitte beides — unsere Distribution und die Qwen-Basisarbeit:
 ```bibtex
 @misc{german_ocr_3_2026,
   title  = {German-OCR-3: A compact German document-OCR distribution},
   year   = {2026},
   url    = {https://github.com/Keyvanhardani/German-OCR-3-Dev}
 }
+@misc{qwen35_2026,
+  title        = {Qwen 3.5 Small Series},
+  author       = {{Qwen Team, Alibaba Group}},
+  year         = {2026},
+  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/Qwen}},
+  note         = {Apache License 2.0}
+}
+@article{qwen25vl_2025,
+  title   = {Qwen2.5-VL Technical Report},
+  author  = {{Qwen Team, Alibaba Group}},
+  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.13923},
+  year    = {2025}
+}
 ```