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FLUX.2 [klein] 4B

Hugging Face (Black Forest Labs) Open weights

The catch: Only the 4B size is Apache-2.0; FLUX.2 [klein] 9B and FLUX.2 [dev] are under the FLUX Non-Commercial License.

AccessOpen weights
Free limitsFree to download and self-host; you pay only for your own compute. 4B-parameter model for text-to-image and multi-reference image editing; the card says it runs on consumer GPUs with about 13GB VRAM. Released 14 Jan 2026.
Modalityimage
Credit cardNot required
Commercial useAllowed
Trains on your data–
Licence or termsApache-2.0
Context window–
Model idblack-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-4B
Base URL–
Last checked2 Oct 2026

How to use FLUX.2 [klein] 4B

Download the weights and serve them yourself; the quickstart below shows one way. Licence: Apache-2.0.

Quickstart
pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers.git; Flux2KleinPipeline.from_pretrained("black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-4B", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16)(prompt=prompt, height=1024, width=1024, guidance_scale=1.0, num_inference_steps=4).images[0]
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I want to run the open-weight model "FLUX.2 [klein] 4B" (black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-4B) for my project.
Please:
1. Check the model card and tell me the hardware it needs and the simplest way to serve it (vLLM, SGLang, Ollama or a hosted endpoint).
2. Give me a minimal working setup and a test request.
3. Tell me the licence terms for commercial use.
4. If a cheaper or smaller variant would do the job, mention it.

Before you ship on it

  • Only the 4B size is Apache-2.0; FLUX.2 [klein] 9B and FLUX.2 [dev] are under the FLUX Non-Commercial License.
  • The model card says 'Open weights available for commercial use under the Apache 2.0 license' (huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-4B).
  • Free to run means you pay for the GPUs, the serving stack and the on-call.

Questions

Is FLUX.2 [klein] 4B free?

Yes. Open weights offers it as open weights, with these limits: Self-host free · Apache-2.0. No credit card is needed.

Can I use FLUX.2 [klein] 4B commercially?

Yes, under Apache-2.0. Check the current terms before you ship.

How do I start with FLUX.2 [klein] 4B?

Download the weights and serve them yourself; the quickstart below shows one way. Licence: Apache-2.0.

Source: huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-4B, checked 2 Oct 2026.