LocalClaw/LLM/Moondream 2
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Moondream 2

Catalogue summary: Tiny vision model. Surprisingly good at describing images and OCR. Runs on anything.

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Public model cardNo public GGUF verified1.9B2024-07
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Parameters
1.9B
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LocalClaw verified a public model card for Moondream 2 on 2026-09-07, but no public GGUF file in that repository. The catalogue RAM and quantization fields are estimates, not a verified install path.

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Public model card (no GGUF file verified 2026-09-07): vikhyatk/moondream2Upstream releaseLicence text
visionlightspeed

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Catalogue record

  • Family: moondream
  • Parameters: 1.9B
  • Recommended quantization: fp16
  • Catalogue minimum RAM: 4 GB
  • Catalogue model size: 1.9 GB
  • Tags: vision, light, speed

Practical limits

  • Catalogue RAM is a minimum estimate, not a guarantee for every context length or runtime.
  • Speed and memory use vary by quantization, backend, context length and system headroom.
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Catalogue tags

  • vision
  • light
  • speed

Capability profile

Repository catalogue ratings used by LocalClaw's editorial rubric. They are not a standardized third-party benchmark.

speed
10
quality
4
coding
2
reasoning
3

Technical notes

Developer
Vikhyat Korrapati
License
Apache 2.0
Context window
2,048 tokens
Architecture
SigLIP vision encoder + Phi-1.5 language model

Related catalogue entries

Linked mechanically by family, shared tags and nearby RAM tier; this is not a quality ranking.

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