multimodal LLMfamily
SmolVLM
Small open vision language models (256M to 2.2B) for images and video that run on laptops and phones.
Levelfamily
Classmultimodal LLM
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
Released18 Nov 2024
Opennessopen weights permissive
Runs onlaptop, mobile or NPU
Statusactive
Lineage
SmolVLM2 256M Video Instruct belongs to this familymultimodal LLM11 Feb 2025256.48MSmolVLM2 500M Video Instruct belongs to this familymultimodal LLM11 Feb 2025507.48MSmolVLM2 2.2B Instruct belongs to this familymultimodal LLM8 Feb 20252.25BSmolVLM Instruct belongs to this familymultimodal LLM18 Nov 20242.25BWhere this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.
Identity
- Developer
- Hugging Face
- Family
- not in the notes
- Released
- 18 Nov 2024 sourcesregistry date
- Weights published
- –
- Record checked
- 12 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.
Architecture and Size
- Architecture
- dense transformer
- Total parameters
- – sources
- Active parameters
- –
- Checkpoint parameters
- –
- Context length
- not in the notes
- Input
- text, image, video
- Output
- text
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).
Openness and Access
- Openness
- open weights permissive
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0 sources
- Access routes
- open weights download
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.
Deployment
- Runs on
- laptop, mobile or NPU
- Footprint
- not in the notes
- Runtimes
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.
Indonesia
- Indonesian support
- not stated
- Regional languages
- not in the notes
- Jakarta hosting
- unknown
- Languages
- Model card languages: en
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.
Benchmark Results
The notes record no benchmark result for this model.
Industry Use Cases
No industry use case links this model.
Links
DeveloperHugging Facestartup, USA / France
Hugging Facestartup, USA / FranceModelSmolVLMHugging Face, multimodal LLM
SmolVLMHugging Face, multimodal LLMUse CasesIndustrial Copilots and Maintenance AssistantsIndustrialIndonesian and Regional-Language LLMsPublic SectorTelecom Domain LLMs and BenchmarksTelecomRobot Inspection with Instrument ReadingIndustrial+1 moreUse cases of models in the same R&D topic; none is recorded for this model itself.
Who Runs It
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026
Siemens Erlangen electronics factoryPlanned, 6 Jan 2026
ADNOC OffshoreIn production, 9 Sep 2025
Aker BPIn production, 9 Sep 2025+10 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026Siemens Erlangen electronics factoryPlanned, 6 Jan 2026ADNOC OffshoreIn production, 9 Sep 2025Aker BPIn production, 9 Sep 2025+10 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.Models 4
Organisations 1
Sources
- replicate.com/lucataco/smolvlm-instruct https://replicate.com/lucataco/smolvlm-instruct
- docs.roboflow.com/models/supported-models/smolvlm2.md https://docs.roboflow.com/models/supported-models/smolvlm2.md
- huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-Instruct https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM-Instruct
- huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM2-2.2B-Instruct https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM2-2.2B-Instruct
To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "SmolVLM", https://aurion.semai.id/models/hugging-face-smolvlm/, records of October 2026.