DonvitoCodes Colab notebooks for running local models (LFM2.5-2.6B)

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-08-17 · Open on X

Topics: AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP, LLM Fundamentals · Level: beginner

Summary

The creator added a Notebooks section to his website, where he'll post Google Colab notebooks for running local models. The first notebook shows chat and tool calling with Liquid AI's small LFM2.5-2.6B model.

Key points

• New Notebooks page: donvitocodes.com/notebooks.
• Notebooks run in Google Colab, so you don't need a local GPU.
• First notebook: chat and tool calling with LFM2.5-2.6B.
• More notebooks for running local models are planned, so bookmark the page.

Resources mentioned

• Colab Notebooks | DonvitoCodes · website · donvitocodes.com · free
  The creator's collection of Colab notebooks for running local models, starting with chat and tool calling on LFM2.5-2.6B.
  Also in: Free Colab Notebooks: ModernBERT, Gemma QLoRA, GLiNER & Guardrails (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Free Colab Notebooks: LFM2.5 2.6B Tool Calling and Benchmarks (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• LFM2.5-2.6B · tool · huggingface.co · free
  Liquid AI's small language model, which can be paired with the LFM2.5-VL-3B vision model.
  Also in: Coworker: Open-Source Work Agent That Runs on Small Local Models (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Coworker with Liquid AI LFM2.5-2.6B via LM Studio on a Mac (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Zero-Cost Coworker Setup: OpenRouter Free Models + Local LFM2.5 (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Coworker: A Subscription-Free AI Agent on Local LFM2.5-2.6B (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 9 more
• Google Colab · tool · colab.research.google.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Free GPU notebooks.
  Also in: Run Notebooks on a Free GPU with Google Colab (T4, 15GB VRAM) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Run Local Models on a Free GPU with Google Colab (T4) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Free Colab Notebooks for Local Model Fine-Tuning and Inference (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Intent classification for support using GLiNER2.5-Decide notebook (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 12 more

Try this

• Bookmark donvitocodes.com/notebooks
• Run the LFM2.5-2.6B chat and tool-calling notebook in Colab
• Build a tool-calling chat with a small local model (LFM2.5-2.6B) in Colab