GGUF layer package for running Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL across a local Mesh LLM cluster.
This package is derived from unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF and keeps the original GGUF distribution split into per-layer artifacts for distributed inference.
Highlights
| Run locally | Pool multiple machines | OpenAI-compatible | Package variant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private inference on your hardware | Split layers across peers | Serve /v1/chat/completions locally | UD-Q4_K_XL layer package |
Model Overview
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Source model | unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF |
| Model id | unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL |
| Family | Qwen3 |
| Parameter scale | 27B |
| Quantization | UD-Q4_K_XL |
| Layer count | 65 |
| Activation width | not recorded |
| Package size | 0 B |
| Source file | Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf |
| Package repo | meshllm/Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL-layers |
| License | apache-2.0 from unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF |
Recommended Use
- Local and private inference with Mesh LLM.
- Multi-machine serving when the full GGUF is too large for one host.
- OpenAI-compatible chat/completions workflows through Mesh LLM's local API.
For upstream architecture details, chat template guidance, sampling recommendations, license terms, and benchmark notes, see the source model card: unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF.
Quickstart
# Run this on each machine that should contribute memory/compute.
mesh-llm serve --model "meshllm/Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL-layers" --split
# Check the mesh and discover the OpenAI-compatible model name.
curl -s http://localhost:3131/api/status
curl -s http://localhost:3131/v1/models
# Send an OpenAI-compatible chat request.
curl -s http://localhost:3131/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a tiny hello-world function in Rust."}],
"max_tokens": 128
}'
Package Variant
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | gguf |
| Canonical source ref | unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF@4ca720788d1e01f1bff70c033e0d0028fd02e502/Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf |
| Source revision | 4ca720788d1e01f1bff70c033e0d0028fd02e502 |
| Source SHA-256 | 3f227079003add2511437e5b1e94812e363385225bf6a9b47b0054a72bc8b01e |
| Skippy ABI | not recorded |
| Package manifest SHA-256 | 3bcd12893e7b5ec3eb1c87571e261875c9e334036d72fc53815106379f250ec1 |
What Is Included
| Artifact | Path | Contents | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manifest | model-package.json | Package schema, source identity, checksums | 3bcd12893e7b5ec3eb1c87571e261875c9e334036d72fc53815106379f250ec1 |
Validation
Generated by the Mesh LLM HF Jobs splitter from mesh-llm ref 29bdf713d769a45cd299f4a4f7cea5333d700efd.
Each artifact is checksummed as it is written, uploaded to this repository, and removed from the job workspace before the next artifact is produced.
skippy-model-package write-package "/hf-cache/Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf" --out-dir "/tmp/meshllm-layer-job-meshllm_Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL-layers-1/package"
Links
- Source model: unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
- Mesh LLM website: meshllm.cloud
- Mesh LLM: github.com/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm
- Discord: discord.gg/rs6fmc63eN
- Package catalog: meshllm/catalog
- Package format: layer-package-repos.md