SmolDocling-256M-preview
Released by docling-project in 2025, SmolDocling-256M-preview is an image-generation model. SmolDocling-256M-preview is an open-weights image model.
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Ways to use SmolDocling-256M-preview in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your docling-project API key. osFoundry discovers SmolDocling-256M-preview automatically — assign it to a Maestro role (router, direct, orchestrator, or fallback) in the Pipeline tab and it is live in every chat. Your key, your provider account — no token markup.
Deploy a dedicated endpoint
SmolDocling-256M-preview is open-weights — run it locally for free, or deploy a dedicated GPU endpoint in your workspace for reserved capacity with no rate limits.
Use it in a Room App
Room Apps declare AI features in their manifest, then call them with invokeAI:
import { invokeAI } from '@osfoundry/app-sdk'
// 'summarize' is an AI feature declared in your app manifest.
const result = await invokeAI('summarize', userText)
Call it from your own apps
Once a model is wired into your workspace you can host it as an API and reach it from your own services, scripts, or CI — outside osFoundry.
SmolDocling-256M-preview vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about SmolDocling-256M-preview
Is SmolDocling-256M-preview free to use?
SmolDocling-256M-preview is free to run locally on your own hardware. Hosted access through osFoundry is metered (input Free (local), output Free (local)). You can switch between local and hosted at any time.
Can I use SmolDocling-256M-preview commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use. Check upstream documentation.
Can I run SmolDocling-256M-preview locally?
Yes. SmolDocling-256M-preview is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is SmolDocling-256M-preview best at?
SmolDocling-256M-preview is well-suited to image text to text.
How do I use SmolDocling-256M-preview in osFoundry?
Paste your docling-project API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign SmolDocling-256M-preview to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by docling-project on February 12, 2025. Source: https://huggingface.co/docling-project/SmolDocling-256M-preview