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Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import moondream as md
from PIL import Image

# Initialize Photon local inference (NVIDIA GPU or Apple Silicon)
model = md.photon()
model = md.photon("moondream3.1-9B-A2B")

# Load an image
image = Image.open("path/to/image.jpg")
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answer = model.query(image, "What's in this image?")["answer"]
print("Answer:", answer)

# Continue a conversation
# Start a chat
chat = model.chat([
{"role": "user", "content": "Write a short poem about the moon."},
])
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print("SVG path:", segment["path"])
```

`md.vl(local=True, ...)` remains supported for existing applications and
delegates to `md.photon(...)`.
`md.vl(local=True, model="moondream3.1-9B-A2B", ...)` remains supported for
existing applications and delegates to `md.photon(...)`.

## Configuration

### Model Selection

```python
# Moondream 3 Preview (default)
moondream3 = md.photon()
# Moondream 3.1 9B A2B
moondream31 = md.photon("moondream3.1-9B-A2B")

# Moondream 2
moondream2 = md.photon("moondream2")

# Moondream 3.1 9B A2B
moondream31 = md.photon("moondream3.1-9B-A2B")
# Moondream 3 Preview
moondream3 = md.photon("moondream3-preview")

# Qwen 3.5 4B
qwen = md.photon("Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B")
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