gemma4-e4b-journalist
Released by tomvaillant in 2026, gemma4-e4b-journalist is a 4 billion parameter chat model. gemma4-e4b-journalist is an open-weights chat model with roughly 4 billion parameters.
by tomvaillant · 4B parameters
Best for
- low-latency chat and routing
- request routing and triage
- text classification
Ways to use gemma4-e4b-journalist in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your tomvaillant API key. osFoundry discovers gemma4-e4b-journalist 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
gemma4-e4b-journalist 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 gemma4-e4b-journalist
gemma4-e4b-journalist 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).
gemma4-e4b-journalist vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about gemma4-e4b-journalist
Is gemma4-e4b-journalist free to use?
gemma4-e4b-journalist 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 gemma4-e4b-journalist 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 gemma4-e4b-journalist need?
Approximately 3 GB at Q4 quantisation, or 10 GB at full FP16 precision. Fits on a single 24GB consumer GPU.
Can I run gemma4-e4b-journalist locally?
Yes. gemma4-e4b-journalist is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is gemma4-e4b-journalist best at?
gemma4-e4b-journalist is well-suited to low-latency chat and routing, request routing and triage, text classification.
How do I use gemma4-e4b-journalist in osFoundry?
Paste your tomvaillant API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign gemma4-e4b-journalist to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by tomvaillant on April 7, 2026. Source: https://huggingface.co/tomvaillant/gemma4-e4b-journalist