CLI Reference

MLX-VLM provides several command line entry points:

• mlx_vlm.convert – convert Hugging Face models to MLX format.
• mlx_vlm.generate – run inference on images.
• mlx_vlm.video_generate – generate from a video file.
• mlx_vlm.smolvlm_video_generate – lightweight video generation.
• mlx_vlm.chat_ui – start an interactive Gradio UI.
• mlx_vlm.server – run the FastAPI server.

Each command accepts --help for full usage information.