Instructions to use openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6 with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6 with Transformers:

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

pipe = pipeline("image-text-to-text", model="openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6", trust_remote_code=True)
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("openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6", trust_remote_code=True, dtype="auto")

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

vLLM

How to use openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6 with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6",
		"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/openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6

SGLang

How to use openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6 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 "openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6" \
    --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": "openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6",
		"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 "openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6" \
        --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": "openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6",
		"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"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Docker Model Runner
How to use openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6 with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6
```

Request for access to OpenBMB MiniCPM-V-2_6 for research & local experimentation

#58

by ggichjcgu - opened Nov 1, 2025

Discussion

ggichjcgu

Nov 1, 2025

Hello OpenBMB team
My name is [Your Name or HF username], and I’m writing to kindly request access to the MiniCPM-V-2_6 model. I am an independent developer/researcher working on a local multimodal research and demo project focused on image+text understanding and accessibility tools. I plan to run the model only on my personal workstation for experimentation, integration testing, and performance evaluation (no commercial distribution or public hosting).

My intended uses include:

testing model multimodal capabilities on small custom datasets,

building a private demo to study model behaviour and limitations, and

developing prototypes that improve accessibility (e.g., image descriptions) and academic experiments.

Technical details about my environment: I will use the model locally within a Python virtual environment, and I understand the resource requirements and licensing obligations. I will not distribute the weights, and I will comply with any terms you set (including attribution and usage restrictions). If you require additional information (institution, more detailed project plan, or intended evaluation metrics), I’m happy to provide it.

Thank you for considering my request I greatly appreciate the work you’ve put into this model and would be careful and respectful in using it. Please let me know if you have any conditions or questions.

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