Instructions to use openai/gpt-oss-20b with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use openai/gpt-oss-20b with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="openai/gpt-oss-20b", device_map="auto")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
pipe(messages)

# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("openai/gpt-oss-20b")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("openai/gpt-oss-20b", device_map="auto")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
inputs = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
	messages,
	add_generation_prompt=True,
	tokenize=True,
	return_dict=True,
	return_tensors="pt",
).to(model.device)

outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=40)
print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:]))

Inference
HuggingChat
Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
AMD Developer Cloud
Local Apps Settings

vLLM

How to use openai/gpt-oss-20b with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "openai/gpt-oss-20b"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "openai/gpt-oss-20b",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/openai/gpt-oss-20b

SGLang

How to use openai/gpt-oss-20b with SGLang:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install SGLang from pip:
pip install sglang
# Start the SGLang server:
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path "openai/gpt-oss-20b" \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "openai/gpt-oss-20b",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker images

docker run --gpus all \
    --shm-size 32g \
    -p 30000:30000 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \
    --ipc=host \
    lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
    python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
        --model-path "openai/gpt-oss-20b" \
        --host 0.0.0.0 \
        --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "openai/gpt-oss-20b",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Docker Model Runner
How to use openai/gpt-oss-20b with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/openai/gpt-oss-20b
```

How to run it on macOS

#84

by kopyl - opened Aug 7, 2025

Discussion

kopyl

Aug 7, 2025

Please provide a detailed instructions

kopyl

Aug 8, 2025

There is metal/model.bin file. How do you run it?

josesho

Aug 8, 2025

On M1 Max 32GB RAM, I get this error.

ValueError: The model is quantized with Mxfp4Config but you are passing a NoneType config. Please make sure to pass the same quantization config class to `from_pretrained` with different loading attributes.

Not sure what else to do to run the 20B on non-CUDA GPUs?

Arnab07

Aug 8, 2025

you can run it with ollama, tested it myself. works

josesho

Aug 8, 2025

you can run it with ollama, tested it myself. works

For my purposes I want to run it with Python ‘transformers‘ library. Any tips for that would be good.

josesho

Aug 8, 2025

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edited Aug 8, 2025

No description provided.

marat-openai

OpenAI org Aug 11, 2025

Metal inference instructions are located in the gpt-oss GitHub repo: https://github.com/openai/gpt-oss?tab=readme-ov-file#reference-metal-implementation
Please note that you'd need Apple M2 or later chip to use this implementation.

palivula

Aug 12, 2025

•

edited Aug 12, 2025

Also runs in LM studio just fine too. I havent tried any Lora on it yet but no reason why it isnt tweakable either. All looks fine. Shame its lobotomised though.

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