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Idefics2 8b

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PulseGate's liveness check found it on 14 Sep 2026; it is registered on Hugging Face and has been in the index since 21 Jul 2026. How this is checked

Idefics2-8B is an 8-billion parameter open-source vision-language model developed by Hugging Face. It processes both images and text to generate text outputs, supporting tasks such as visual question answering, image captioning, and document understanding. The model is available on the Hugging Face Hub for download and inference via the Transformers library, making it accessible for researchers and developers to integrate into multimodal AI applications.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Open SourceApache-2.0WebCLIAPI
Idefics2 8b preview
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162.8kstars
34.0kforks
3features
2018since

Overview

3 features

Purpose: Running and experimenting with open multimodal vision-language models without building them from scratch.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: AI researchers and developers

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: data_extraction

Inferred · not functionally tested

Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: unknown · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: unknown

Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: Apache-2.0 · platforms: CLI, WEB · deployment: browser, cli, api_only

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: huggingface.co. These links do not verify the individual claims.

Idefics2 8b sits in PulseGate's Multimodal & vision category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on running and experimenting with open multimodal vision-language models without building them from scratch. Inferred · not functionally tested: Idefics2 8b is an open-source project aimed at AI researchers and developers. Basis unknown · not verified: The project is open source (Apache-2.0). Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for the web, the command line, and API.

Hugging Face builds and maintains Idefics2 8b, and it first shipped in 2018. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 162.8k stars and 747 commits in the last 90 days. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 3 catalogued features are Multimodal Understanding, Image-Text Processing, and Transformers Library. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include a public API.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Multimodal Understanding
  • Image-Text Processing
  • Transformers Library

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
vision-language-modelopen-weightsmultimodal-llmimage-text-to-text
AI capabilities
Multimodal
Inference: LocalWeights: Open

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

Hosting
AWS
AI providers
local_ossopenai
Connectors
API
Runs on
BrowserCLIAPI-only
Detected from
AWS
x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
openai
bgpt- in the HTML
local_oss
bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML · bvllm in the HTML

Trust & compliance

License
Apache-2.0
Public signals
HTTPSOpen SourceActive maintenance

Indexing history

1

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed21 Jul · 15:32 UTC
    HuggingFaceM4/idefics2-8b seen via Hugging Face Enumerator
    Source: Hugging Face Enumerator · Open

Frequently asked questions about Idefics2 8b

What is Idefics2 8b?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Idefics2 8b focuses on running and experimenting with open multimodal vision-language models without building them from scratch. It is catalogued under Multimodal & vision on PulseGate.
Who should use Idefics2 8b?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Idefics2 8b is an open-source project built for AI researchers and developers.
Does Idefics2 8b have a free plan?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Idefics2 8b is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
What platforms does Idefics2 8b run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: Idefics2 8b runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Is Idefics2 8b still maintained?
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 14 Sep 2026. Its GitHub repository shows 747 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to Idefics2 8b?
Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Idefics3 8B Llama3, Idefics3, and IDEFICS2 Playground.Idefics3 8B Llama3Idefics3IDEFICS2 Playground
Who makes Idefics2 8b?
Idefics2 8b is developed by Hugging Face, based in the United States.
How long has Idefics2 8b been around?
Idefics2 8b first shipped in 2018.

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