Bonsai 2 Small.

A pocket garden of ternary vision models: the small Bonsai line pares down the weight format so an iPhone or iPad can keep image-aware chat close at hand.

View on Hugging Face See LocalEngine variants ↓

Model makerPrismML

Supported in LocalEngineiPhone & iPad

Upstream licenseApache-2.0

SourceBonsai 2 Small collection ↗

Where it earns its space

Built for a real local rhythm.

These are good-fit starting points—not promises of benchmark performance. Choose the smallest listed option that comfortably covers your work.

Image-aware chat with a small mobile download

Private travel assistance

A more capable option for devices with 8 GB memory

In LocalEngine

Configured variants, by device.

The formats below are the downloads currently represented in LocalEngine’s model catalogs. GGUF runs through the llama.cpp-based runtime; MLX options use the Apple Silicon MLX runtime.

iPhone & iPad

2B · 4B · 9B

Formats: Ternary Q2_0 GGUF + Q8_0 vision projector
Local note: About 0.9 GB, 1.6 GB, and 3.2 GB respectively; choose 9B only on a device with 8 GB of memory or more.

About the source

Model identity, task category, supported formats, and license are based on the linked Hugging Face Bonsai 2 Small collection and the LocalEngine macOS/iOS catalogs. Hardware guidance reflects the packaged variants, not a universal system requirement.