Microsoft Removes Mage-Flow Models from Hugging Face
Microsoft has taken down the official Hugging Face repositories for its Mage-Flow models, including Mage-Flow, Mage-Flow-Turbo, and Mage-Flow-Edit, resulting in 404 errors. In response, community members are sharing alternative mirrors and advising users to back up the official GitHub repository. The sudden removal of these open-source models disrupts developers relying on them for text-to-image generation and editing tasks. It highlights the volatility of relying on centralized platforms for model hosting and underscores the importance of decentralized backups. Mage-Flow is a 4-billion parameter native-resolution image model developed by Microsoft Asia, supporting resolutions up to 2048 and released under an MIT license. While the official Hugging Face pages are down, community-converted formats like GGUF, MLX, and FP8 remain accessible via third-party uploads.
## BACKGROUND
Mage-Flow is a compact model designed for high-quality text-to-image synthesis and image editing. Hugging Face is the primary platform for hosting open-source AI models, while formats like GGUF and MLX are optimized for local inference on consumer hardware and Apple Silicon, respectively.