Model reference · open weights
MiniLM-L6-H384-uncased is an open-weight embedding model from nreimers. AxForge deploys and operates it for you on dedicated EU-owned hardware — with the licence handled where one is required.
Available as managed deployment — configured and operated for you on dedicated EU hardware, quoted per deployment.
What it is
| Maker | nreimers |
|---|---|
| Type | Embedding models |
| Task | Embeddings |
| Context | 512 tokens |
| Runs with | transformers |
| Released | 2022-03-02 |
| Popularity | 8k downloads / month |
| Licence | Open weights |
About
This is a 6 layer version of microsoft/MiniLM-L12-H384-uncased by keeping only every second layer.
From the published model card. Full card on the HuggingFace links in the sidebar.
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys minilm-l6-h384-uncased for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (minilm-l6-h384-uncased below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/embeddings \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"minilm-l6-h384-uncased","input":"text to embed"}'
Create an account — your API key is available in the console. 5M tokens/month currently included with every new account at launch.