Instructions to use unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit with MLX:

# Make sure mlx-vlm is installed
# pip install --upgrade mlx-vlm

from mlx_vlm import load, generate
from mlx_vlm.prompt_utils import apply_chat_template
from mlx_vlm.utils import load_config

# Load the model
model, processor = load("unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit")
config = load_config("unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit")

# Prepare input
image = ["http://images.cocodataset.org/val2017/000000039769.jpg"]
prompt = "Describe this image."

# Apply chat template
formatted_prompt = apply_chat_template(
    processor, config, prompt, num_images=1
)

# Generate output
output = generate(model, processor, formatted_prompt, image)
print(output)

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps
LM Studio

Unsloth Studio new

How to use unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit 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 unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit 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 unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit to start chatting

Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth

# No setup required
# Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser
# Search for unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit to start chatting

Load model with FastModel

pip install unsloth
from unsloth import FastModel
model, tokenizer = FastModel.from_pretrained(
    model_name="unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit",
    max_seq_length=2048,
)

Pi new

How to use unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit with Pi:

Start the MLX server

# Install MLX LM:
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
mlx_lm.server --model "unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit"

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "mlx-lm": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent new

How to use unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit with Hermes Agent:

Start the MLX server

# Install MLX LM:
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
mlx_lm.server --model "unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit"

Configure Hermes

# Install Hermes:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
# Point Hermes at the local server:
hermes config set model.provider custom
hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
hermes config set model.default unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-UD-MLX-4bit