How to use from
llama.cppInstall from WinGet (Windows)
winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:Use pre-built binary
# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:Build from source code
git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:Quick Links
QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF
This is quantized version of arcee-ai/Homunculus created using llama.cpp
Original Model Card
Arcee Homunculus-12B
Homunculus is a 12 billion-parameter instruction model distilled from Qwen3-235B onto the Mistral-Nemo backbone.
It was purpose-built to preserve Qwenโs two-mode interaction styleโ/think (deliberate chain-of-thought) and /nothink (concise answers)โwhile running on a single consumer GPU.
โจ Whatโs special?
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Reasoning-trace transfer | Instead of copying just final probabilities, we align full logit trajectories, yielding more faithful reasoning. |
| Total-Variation-Distance loss | To better match the teacherโs confidence distribution and smooth the loss landscape. |
| Tokenizer replacement | The original Mistral tokenizer was swapped for Qwen3's tokenizer. |
| Dual interaction modes | Use /think when you want transparent step-by-step reasoning (good for analysis & debugging). Use /nothink for terse, production-ready answers. Most reliable in the system role field. |
Benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| GPQADiamond (average of 3) | 57.1% |
| mmlu | 67.5% |
๐ง Quick Start
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM
model_id = "arcee-ai/Homunculus"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
model_id,
torch_dtype="auto",
device_map="auto"
)
# /think mode - Chain-of-thought reasoning
messages = [
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant. /think"},
{"role": "user", "content": "Why is the sky blue?"},
]
output = model.generate(
tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=True, return_tensors="pt"),
max_new_tokens=512,
temperature=0.7
)
print(tokenizer.decode(output[0], skip_special_tokens=True))
# /nothink mode - Direct answers
messages = [
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant. /nothink"},
{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the plot of Hamlet in two sentences."},
]
output = model.generate(
tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=True, return_tensors="pt"),
max_new_tokens=128,
temperature=0.7
)
print(tokenizer.decode(output[0], skip_special_tokens=True))
๐ก Intended Use & Limitations
Homunculus is designed for:
- Research on reasoning-trace distillation, Logit Imitation, and mode-switchable assistants.
- Lightweight production deployments that need strong reasoning at <12 GB VRAM.
Known limitations
- May inherit biases from the Qwen3 teacher and internet-scale pretraining data.
- Long-context (>32 k tokens) use is experimentalโexpect latency & memory overhead.
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Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B
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# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI: llama-server -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF:# Run inference directly in the terminal: llama-cli -hf QuantFactory/Homunculus-GGUF: