nanoVLM
nanoVLM (lusxvr, 2025) is an image-generation model. nanoVLM is an open-weights image model.
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Ways to use nanoVLM in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your lusxvr API key. osFoundry discovers nanoVLM 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
nanoVLM 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.
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Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about nanoVLM
Is nanoVLM free to use?
nanoVLM 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 nanoVLM 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 nanoVLM locally?
Yes. nanoVLM is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is nanoVLM best at?
nanoVLM is well-suited to image text to text.
How do I use nanoVLM in osFoundry?
Paste your lusxvr API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign nanoVLM to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by lusxvr on May 23, 2025. Source: https://huggingface.co/lusxvr/nanoVLM