Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit
Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit is a 4 billion parameter chat model from prism-ml, released March 29, 2026. Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit is an open-weights chat model with roughly 4 billion parameters.
by prism-ml · 4B parameters
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Ways to use Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your prism-ml API key. osFoundry discovers Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit 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
Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit 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.
What hardware can run Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit
Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit runs on a single 16GB consumer GPU (~3 GB VRAM with KV-cache headroom). Full-precision inference fits on a single H100 80GB at FP16 precision (~10 GB).
Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit
Is Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit free to use?
Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit 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 Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use. Check upstream documentation.
How much VRAM does Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit need?
Approximately 3 GB at Q4 quantisation, or 10 GB at full FP16 precision. Fits on a single 24GB consumer GPU.
Can I run Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit locally?
Yes. Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit best at?
Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit is well-suited to text generation.
How do I use Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit in osFoundry?
Paste your prism-ml API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by prism-ml on March 29, 2026. Source: https://huggingface.co/prism-ml/Bonsai-4B-mlx-1bit