Instructions to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF") 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 AutoProcessor, AutoModelForImageTextToText processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF") model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained("DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF") - llama-cpp-python
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with llama-cpp-python:
# !pip install llama-cpp-python from llama_cpp import Llama llm = Llama.from_pretrained( repo_id="DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF", filename="gemma-4-E4B-it.BF16-mmproj.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 DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with llama.cpp:
Install from brew
brew install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16 # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
Install from WinGet (Windows)
winget install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16 # Run inference directly in the terminal: llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
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 DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16 # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
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 DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16 # Run inference directly in the terminal: ./build/bin/llama-cli -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
- LM Studio
- Jan
- vLLM
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF", "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/DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
- SGLang
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF 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 "DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF" \ --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": "DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF", "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 "DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF" \ --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": "DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF", "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 DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with Ollama:
ollama run hf.co/DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
- Unsloth Studio new
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF 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 DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF 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 DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF to start chatting
Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth
# No setup required # Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser # Search for DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF to start chatting
- Pi new
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with Pi:
Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp: brew install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
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": "DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- Hermes Agent new
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with Hermes Agent:
Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp: brew install llama.cpp # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: llama-server -hf DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
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 DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
Run Hermes
hermes
- Docker Model Runner
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
- Lemonade
How to use DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF with Lemonade:
Pull the model
# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/ lemonade pull DuoNeural/Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF:BF16
Run and chat with the model
lemonade run user.Gemma-4-E4B-Frontend-GGUF-BF16
List all available models
lemonade list
Agent Gemma 4 E4B Frontend
Model Description
Agent Gemma 4 E4B Frontend is a domain-adapted version of the google/gemma-4-E4B-it model, specifically fine-tuned for front-end engineering. It is designed to be a "specialist" in React, Vue, Tailwind CSS, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript development while maintaining general reasoning and tool-use capabilities.
The "E" in E4B denotes "Effective" parameters—while the model has 8B total parameters, only 4.5B are active during the forward pass, optimized for high intelligence-per-parameter and edge-device efficiency.
Training Details
- Base Model:
google/gemma-4-E4B-it - Architecture: 4.5B Effective / 8B Total parameters.
- Optimization: QLoRA (4-bit quantization with NormalFloat4, rank 16, alpha 32).
- Framework: Unsloth for accelerated training.
- Context Window: 128,000 tokens (trained with 2,048 max sequence length, packed).
- Compute: NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB.
Data Mixture
The training follows a strategic 67.7% / 32.3% split to optimize domain expertise while preventing catastrophic forgetting:
- 67.7% Front-End Specialization:
- High-aesthetic Next.js/Tailwind components.
- Rigorous React/TypeScript instructions.
- Modern UI library integration (Shadcn UI, etc.).
- 32.3% Regularization & Core Competency:
- Multi-turn tool-use and reasoning traces.
- Structured JSON and API interaction.
- General conversational fluidity.
Intended Use
This model is intended for:
- Production-ready code generation for React, Vue, and Tailwind CSS.
- Multi-step reasoning for complex front-end architectural tasks.
- Agentic workflows involving tool-use and terminal interactions.
GGUF Compatibility
This repository provides a q4_k_m GGUF version compatible with:
- Ollama
- LM Studio
- llama.cpp
Capabilities
- Thinking Mode: Natively supports internal reasoning blocks (
<|channel>thought). - Modern Frameworks: Expert-level knowledge of 2026-era front-end standards (React Compiler, Edge-side rendering, etc.).
- Long Context: Maintains architectural awareness across large component files.
Limitations
- Not intended for heavy back-end (database/infrastructure) tasks beyond basic API integration.
- Performance may vary for legacy front-end frameworks (e.g., jQuery, AngularJS).
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