Beyond the release: Spark crosses 5M downloads and pulls

A model release puts weights in a repository. A community gives those weights new forms: a quantization, a fine-tune, a format that fits a different workflow.

For Spark X2.5 + X2.6, that next chapter now includes 276 community derivative models and more than 5 million known downloads and pulls across six tracked platforms. Thank you to everyone who explores, adapts and shares Spark.

The community is a major part of this milestone

The tracked total is approximately 5,101,393 downloads and pulls:

On Hugging Face alone, official models plus community derivatives total 5,050,020 downloads. That is part of the overall total above, not another amount to add to it.

The community snapshot includes 116 Spark X2.5 derivatives with 2,684,630 downloads, and 160 Spark X2.6 derivatives with 227,707 downloads. Selected name-based format groups include GGUF, MLX, GGUF+imatrix and ONNX.

These are different ways to explore the same model family, and a concrete record of people publishing adaptations for others to try.

Where the official-channel counts come from

The milestone covers Spark X2.5 and X2.6, including their 4B and 1.7B models and tracked variants. Community derivatives are counted separately from official model repositories.

Data snapshot: November 8, 2026 (UTC). Totals use cumulative download counters and Ollama pulls, including approximate platform counts. Platform counting methods differ, and these numbers are not unique users or a measure of production deployments. The character artwork is a concept illustration.

Make the next Spark your own

Start with a model or format that fits your setup. Keep the exact model revision and runtime alongside your results, and share what worked—or what needs work—with the community.

• Explore the Spark models on Hugging Face
• Read the Spark X2.6 repository
• Join the Spark community
• View the public model distribution report

Small models. More possibilities. Thank you for helping open source keep shining.