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Half-Quadratic Quantization for LLMs without calibration data. Use when quantizing models to 4/3/2-bit precision without needing calibration datasets, for fast quantization workflows, or when deploying with vLLM or HuggingFace Transformers.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# HQQ - Half-Quadratic Quantization Fast, calibration-free weight quantization supporting 8/4/3/2/1-bit precision with multiple optimized backends. ## When to use HQQ **Use HQQ when:** - Quantizing models without calibration data (no dataset needed) - Need fast quantization (minutes vs hours for GPTQ/AWQ) - Deploying with vLLM or HuggingFace Transformers - Fine-tuning quantized models with LoRA/PEFT - Experimenting with extreme quantization (2-bit, 1-bit) **Key advantages:** - **No calibration**: Quantize any model instantly without sample data - **Multiple backends**: PyTorch, ATEN, TorchAO, Marlin, BitBlas for optimized inference - **Flexible precision**: 8/4/3/2/1-bit with configurable group sizes - **Framework integration**: Native HuggingFace and vLLM support - **PEFT compatible**: Fine-tune quantized models with LoRA **Use alternatives instead:** - **AWQ**: Need calibration-based accuracy, production serving - **GPTQ**: Maximum accuracy with calibration data available - **bitsandbytes**: Simple 8-bit/4-bit without custom backends - **llama.cpp/GGUF**: CPU inference, Apple Silicon deployment ## Quick start ### Installation ```bash pip install hqq …
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mdr add skillmds/skillmd/hqq-quantization@sha256:3614182f6aca7dabThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
skillmds/skillmd · 192 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
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